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Page 32
Even at this moment hundreds of thousands of men in England are being trained
with the bayonet , a weapon entirely useless except for opening tins . It is worth
noticing that the navy and , latterly , the Air Force , have always been more ...
Even at this moment hundreds of thousands of men in England are being trained
with the bayonet , a weapon entirely useless except for opening tins . It is worth
noticing that the navy and , latterly , the Air Force , have always been more ...
Page 39
Then years of systematic Blimp - baiting affected even the Blimps themselves and
made it harder than it had been before to get intelligent young men to enter the
armed forces . Given the stagnation of the Empire the military middle class must ...
Then years of systematic Blimp - baiting affected even the Blimps themselves and
made it harder than it had been before to get intelligent young men to enter the
armed forces . Given the stagnation of the Empire the military middle class must ...
Page 75
Everywhere in England you can see a ding - dong battle raging to and fro — in
Parliament and in the Government , in the factories and the armed forces , in the
pubs and the air - raid shelters , in the newspapers and on the radio . Every day ...
Everywhere in England you can see a ding - dong battle raging to and fro — in
Parliament and in the Government , in the factories and the armed forces , in the
pubs and the air - raid shelters , in the newspapers and on the radio . Every day ...
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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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