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There is a sort of backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all
foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in
England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you
come ...
There is a sort of backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all
foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in
England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you
come ...
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on the whole they are competent , and the amount of work they do depends on
the feeling that they are their own ... From the moment that all productive goods
have been declared the property of the State , the common people will feel , as
they ...
on the whole they are competent , and the amount of work they do depends on
the feeling that they are their own ... From the moment that all productive goods
have been declared the property of the State , the common people will feel , as
they ...
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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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