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No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military " glory ”
, no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the last war the songs
which the soldiers and sang of their own accord were not vengeful but humorous
...
No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military " glory ”
, no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the last war the songs
which the soldiers and sang of their own accord were not vengeful but humorous
...
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Imperialist sentiment remained strong in the middle class , chiefly owing to family
tradition , but the job of administering the Empire had ceased to appeal . Few
able men went east of Suez if there was any way of avoiding it . But the general ...
Imperialist sentiment remained strong in the middle class , chiefly owing to family
tradition , but the job of administering the Empire had ceased to appeal . Few
able men went east of Suez if there was any way of avoiding it . But the general ...
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The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the
Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the
Nazis . In the Englishspeaking countries they never had a serious footing . The
creed ...
The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the
Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the
Nazis . In the Englishspeaking countries they never had a serious footing . The
creed ...
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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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