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Page 18
Orwell has an extraordinary critical empathy : he stands within the family but is
able both to praise it and to blame it strongly , standing both close and far . His
biography may help to explain his critical distancing , but unlike so many left -
wing ...
Orwell has an extraordinary critical empathy : he stands within the family but is
able both to praise it and to blame it strongly , standing both close and far . His
biography may help to explain his critical distancing , but unlike so many left -
wing ...
Page 56
And yet somehow the ruling class decayed , lost its ability , its daring , finally even
its ruthlessness , until a time came when stuffed shirts like Eden or Halifax could
stand out as men of exceptional talent . As for Baldwin , one could not even ...
And yet somehow the ruling class decayed , lost its ability , its daring , finally even
its ruthlessness , until a time came when stuffed shirts like Eden or Halifax could
stand out as men of exceptional talent . As for Baldwin , one could not even ...
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There is no question of stopping short , striking a compromise , salvaging '
democracy ' , standing still . Nothing ever stands still . We must add to our
heritage or lose it , we must grow greater or grow less , we must go forward or
backward .
There is no question of stopping short , striking a compromise , salvaging '
democracy ' , standing still . Nothing ever stands still . We must add to our
heritage or lose it , we must grow greater or grow less , we must go forward or
backward .
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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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