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Page 36
There is a sort of back - handed admission of this in the dislike which nearly all
foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in
England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you
come ...
There is a sort of back - handed admission of this in the dislike which nearly all
foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in
England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you
come ...
Page 47
It is quite true that the so - called races of Britain feel themselves to be very
different from one another . A Scotsman , for instance , does not thank you if you
call him an Englishman . You can see the hesitation we feel on this point by the
fact ...
It is quite true that the so - called races of Britain feel themselves to be very
different from one another . A Scotsman , for instance , does not thank you if you
call him an Englishman . You can see the hesitation we feel on this point by the
fact ...
Page 106
These people are necessary , on the whole they are competent , and the amount
of work they do depends on the feeling that they are ' their own masters ' . But the
State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ( probably ...
These people are necessary , on the whole they are competent , and the amount
of work they do depends on the feeling that they are ' their own masters ' . But the
State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ( probably ...
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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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