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Page 18
He loved his native land for all its faults . Indeed the red thread of argument
running through all three sections of the book is that the Left has as great a claim
to patriotism as the Right , and is at its strongest when it takes radical traditions as
the ...
He loved his native land for all its faults . Indeed the red thread of argument
running through all three sections of the book is that the Left has as great a claim
to patriotism as the Right , and is at its strongest when it takes radical traditions as
the ...
Page 105
Nationalization of agricultural land implies cutting out the landlord and the tithe
drawer , but not necessarily interfering with the farmer . It is difficult to imagine
any reorganization of English agriculture that would not retain most of the existing
...
Nationalization of agricultural land implies cutting out the landlord and the tithe
drawer , but not necessarily interfering with the farmer . It is difficult to imagine
any reorganization of English agriculture that would not retain most of the existing
...
Page 106
With certain kinds of petty trading , and even the small - scale ownership of land ,
the State will probably not interfere at all . It would be a great mistake to start by
victimizing the smallholder class , for instance . These people are necessary , on
...
With certain kinds of petty trading , and even the small - scale ownership of land ,
the State will probably not interfere at all . It would be a great mistake to start by
victimizing the smallholder class , for instance . These people are necessary , on
...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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