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But the general weakening of imperialism , and to some extent of the whole
British morale , that took place during the nineteen - thirties , was partly the work
of the left - wing intelligentsia , itself a kind of growth that had sprouted from the ...
But the general weakening of imperialism , and to some extent of the whole
British morale , that took place during the nineteen - thirties , was partly the work
of the left - wing intelligentsia , itself a kind of growth that had sprouted from the ...
Page 64
All through the critical years many left - wingers were chipping away at English
morale , trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist ,
sometimes violently pro - Russian , but always anti - British . It is questionable
how ...
All through the critical years many left - wingers were chipping away at English
morale , trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist ,
sometimes violently pro - Russian , but always anti - British . It is questionable
how ...
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But it cannot arise when we have once introduced a reasonable degree of social
justice . The lady in the Rolls - Royce car is more damaging to morale than a fleet
of Goering ' s bombing planes . PART THREE : The English Revolution The ...
But it cannot arise when we have once introduced a reasonable degree of social
justice . The lady in the Rolls - Royce car is more damaging to morale than a fleet
of Goering ' s bombing planes . PART THREE : The English Revolution The ...
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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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| 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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