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Page 13
And he admitted in an essay of 1940 that it was not just a case of defending the
bad against the worse , but that he felt a positive surge of patriotism : ' that long
drilling which the middle classes go through had done its work ' . But ,
surprisingly ...
And he admitted in an essay of 1940 that it was not just a case of defending the
bad against the worse , but that he felt a positive surge of patriotism : ' that long
drilling which the middle classes go through had done its work ' . But ,
surprisingly ...
Page 19
Now Orwell showed considerable historical sense in realizing that the very
concept of ' patriotism ' in England had radical roots : ' our country ' because we
work it with our hands - this had been a rallying cry of seventeenth - and
eighteenth ...
Now Orwell showed considerable historical sense in realizing that the very
concept of ' patriotism ' in England had radical roots : ' our country ' because we
work it with our hands - this had been a rallying cry of seventeenth - and
eighteenth ...
Page 103
The only approach to them is through their patriotism . 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
...
The only approach to them is through their patriotism . 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
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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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