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Page 18
... of naked power ; contained in it , quite consciously and intentionally , is the
vision of a boot crashing down on a face . ... for what it is saying is “ Yes , I am
ugly , and you daren't laugh at me ” , like the bully who makes faces at his victim .
... of naked power ; contained in it , quite consciously and intentionally , is the
vision of a boot crashing down on a face . ... for what it is saying is “ Yes , I am
ugly , and you daren't laugh at me ” , like the bully who makes faces at his victim .
Page 53
What had happened was that the whole monied class , unwilling to face a
change in their way of life , had shut their eyes to the nature of Fascism and
modern war . And false optimism was fed to the the general public by the gutter
press ...
What had happened was that the whole monied class , unwilling to face a
change in their way of life , had shut their eyes to the nature of Fascism and
modern war . And false optimism was fed to the the general public by the gutter
press ...
Page 54
All criticism broke itself against the rat - trap faces of bankers and the brassy
laughter of stockbrokers . Socialism ? ... Hitler will at any rate go down in history
as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its face . For
the ...
All criticism broke itself against the rat - trap faces of bankers and the brassy
laughter of stockbrokers . Socialism ? ... Hitler will at any rate go down in history
as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its face . For
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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Bibliographic information
| 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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