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Page 56
The underlying fact was that the whole position of the moneyed class had long
ceased to be justifiable . There they sat , at the centre of a vast empire and a
world - wide financial network , drawing interest and profits and spending them -
on ...
The underlying fact was that the whole position of the moneyed class had long
ceased to be justifiable . There they sat , at the centre of a vast empire and a
world - wide financial network , drawing interest and profits and spending them -
on ...
Page 105
In a country like England we cannot rip down the whole structure and build again
from the bottom , least of all in time of war . Inevitably the majority of industrial
concerns will continue with much the same personnel as before , the one - time ...
In a country like England we cannot rip down the whole structure and build again
from the bottom , least of all in time of war . Inevitably the majority of industrial
concerns will continue with much the same personnel as before , the one - time ...
Page 106
These people are necessary , on the whole they are competent , and the amount
of work they do depends on the feeling that they are ' their own masters ' . But the
State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ( probably ...
These people are necessary , on the whole they are competent , and the amount
of work they do depends on the feeling that they are ' their own masters ' . But the
State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ( probably ...
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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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