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Page 51
Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the 1931 General
Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison . We were as
single - minded as the Gadarene swine . But I honestly doubt whether we can say
...
Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the 1931 General
Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison . We were as
single - minded as the Gadarene swine . But I honestly doubt whether we can say
...
Page 58
As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative
standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the
truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had long been obvious that they
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As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative
standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the
truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had long been obvious that they
...
Page 103
An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism , instead of merely
insulting it , as hitherto . But do I mean that there will be no opposition ? Of course
not . It would be childish to expect anything of the kind . There will be a bitter ...
An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism , instead of merely
insulting it , as hitherto . But do I mean that there will be no opposition ? Of course
not . It would be childish to expect anything of the kind . There will be a bitter ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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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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