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... sense still very close to us , but in some other senses very remote . The context must be understood . And Orwell had taken a long time to come to both his famous plain style and his final moralistic socialism . We must be aware how ...
... sense still very close to us , but in some other senses very remote . The context must be understood . And Orwell had taken a long time to come to both his famous plain style and his final moralistic socialism . We must be aware how ...
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... sense that something fundamental was happen- ing which went far deeper than the utilitarian need to pay some attention to the home front as part of war strategy . And it is endlessly arguable whether the ferment in public opinion during ...
... sense that something fundamental was happen- ing which went far deeper than the utilitarian need to pay some attention to the home front as part of war strategy . And it is endlessly arguable whether the ferment in public opinion during ...
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... sense is capable of exaggerating with the simplicity and innocence of a savage . His virtue is that he says things that need to be said ; his vice that some of those things needed saying with a great deal more consideration . That is ...
... sense is capable of exaggerating with the simplicity and innocence of a savage . His virtue is that he says things that need to be said ; his vice that some of those things needed saying with a great deal more consideration . That is ...
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