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As I write , highly civilized human beings are flying overhead , trying to kill me .
They do not feel any enmity against me as individual , nor I against them . They
are “ only doing their duty ” , as the saying goes . Most of them , I have no doubt ...
As I write , highly civilized human beings are flying overhead , trying to kill me .
They do not feel any enmity against me as individual , nor I against them . They
are “ only doing their duty ” , as the saying goes . Most of them , I have no doubt ...
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Socialism aims , ultimately , at a world - state of free and equal human beings . It
takes the equality of human rights for granted . Nazism assumes just the opposite
. The driving force behind the Nazi movement is the belief in human inequality ...
Socialism aims , ultimately , at a world - state of free and equal human beings . It
takes the equality of human rights for granted . Nazism assumes just the opposite
. The driving force behind the Nazi movement is the belief in human inequality ...
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From the English - speaking culture , if it does not perish , a society of free and
equal human beings will ultimately arise . But it is precisely the idea of human
equality — the “ Jewish ” or “ JudæoChristian ” idea of equality — that Hitler came
...
From the English - speaking culture , if it does not perish , a society of free and
equal human beings will ultimately arise . But it is precisely the idea of human
equality — the “ Jewish ” or “ JudæoChristian ” idea of equality — that Hitler came
...
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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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