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The natural instinct of men like Simon , Hoare , Chamberlain , etc. , was to come
to an agreement with Hitler . ... the deep sense of national solidarity , comes in —
they could only do so by breaking up the Empire and selling their own people ...
The natural instinct of men like Simon , Hoare , Chamberlain , etc. , was to come
to an agreement with Hitler . ... the deep sense of national solidarity , comes in —
they could only do so by breaking up the Empire and selling their own people ...
Page 68
The initiative will have to come from below . That means that there will have to
arise something that has never existed in England , a Socialist movement that
actually has the mass of the people behind it . But one must start by recognizing
why ...
The initiative will have to come from below . That means that there will have to
arise something that has never existed in England , a Socialist movement that
actually has the mass of the people behind it . But one must start by recognizing
why ...
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its directing brains will come from the new indeterminate class of skilled workers ,
technical experts , airmen , scientists , architects and journalists , the people who
feel at home in the radio and ferroconcrete age . But it will never lose touch with ...
its directing brains will come from the new indeterminate class of skilled workers ,
technical experts , airmen , scientists , architects and journalists , the people who
feel at home in the radio and ferroconcrete age . But it will never lose touch with ...
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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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