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Few Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel
more at home in Europe . ... The crowds in the big towns , with their mild knobby
faces , their bad teeth and gentle manners , are different from a European crowd .
Few Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel
more at home in Europe . ... The crowds in the big towns , with their mild knobby
faces , their bad teeth and gentle manners , are different from a European crowd .
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The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans , except the
Germans , whose courage they admired . In four years on ... This is perhaps
another way of saying that the English are outside the European culture . For
there is ...
The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans , except the
Germans , whose courage they admired . In four years on ... This is perhaps
another way of saying that the English are outside the European culture . For
there is ...
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whereupon the European populations will infallibly rise on our behalf . It is the
same idea all the time - look abroad for your inspiration , get someone else to do
your fighting for you . Underneath it lies the frightful inferiority complex of the ...
whereupon the European populations will infallibly rise on our behalf . It is the
same idea all the time - look abroad for your inspiration , get someone else to do
your fighting for you . Underneath it lies the frightful inferiority complex of 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 The Uniform Edition of George Orwell Works, George Orwell [His works. Uniform edition], George Orwell |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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