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From that time onwards it has been next door to impossible to induce young men
of spirit to take any part in imperial administration. And what was true of the
official world was true also of the commercial. The great monopoly companies ...
From that time onwards it has been next door to impossible to induce young men
of spirit to take any part in imperial administration. And what was true of the
official world was true also of the commercial. The great monopoly companies ...
Page 69
To a Labour Government in power, three imperial policies would have been open
. One was to continue administering the Empire exactly as before, which meant
dropping all pretensions to Socialism. Another was to set the subject peoples ...
To a Labour Government in power, three imperial policies would have been open
. One was to continue administering the Empire exactly as before, which meant
dropping all pretensions to Socialism. Another was to set the subject peoples ...
Page 71
Both ignored agriculture and imperial problems, and both antagonized the
middle classes. The suffocating stupidity of left- wing propaganda had frightened
away whole classes of necessary people, factory managers, airmen, naval
officers, ...
Both ignored agriculture and imperial problems, and both antagonized the
middle classes. The suffocating stupidity of left- wing propaganda had frightened
away whole classes of necessary people, factory managers, airmen, naval
officers, ...
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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius 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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