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It set out to be “ anti - Fascist ” in a purely negative way“ against ” Fascism without
being “ for ” any discoverable policy — and underneath it lay the fabby idea that
when the time came the Russians would do our fighting for us . It is astonishing ...
It set out to be “ anti - Fascist ” in a purely negative way“ against ” Fascism without
being “ for ” any discoverable policy — and underneath it lay the fabby idea that
when the time came the Russians would do our fighting for us . It is astonishing ...
Page 91
The whole English - speaking world is haunted by the idea of human equality ,
and though it would be simply a lie to say that either we or the Americans have
ever acted up to our professions , still , the idea is there , and it is capable of one
day ...
The whole English - speaking world is haunted by the idea of human equality ,
and though it would be simply a lie to say that either we or the Americans have
ever acted up to our professions , still , the idea is there , and it is capable of one
day ...
Page 92
But it is precisely the idea of human equality — the “ Jewish ” or “ JudæoChristian
” idea of equality — that Hitler came into the world to destroy . He has , heaven
knows , said so often enough . The thought of a world in which black men would ...
But it is precisely the idea of human equality — the “ Jewish ” or “ JudæoChristian
” idea of equality — that Hitler came into the world to destroy . He has , heaven
knows , said so often enough . The thought of a world in which black men would ...
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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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