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It is a land of snobbery and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . But in any
calculation about it one has got to take into account its emotional unity , the
tendency of nearly all its inhabitants to feel alike and act together in moments of ...
It is a land of snobbery and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . But in any
calculation about it one has got to take into account its emotional unity , the
tendency of nearly all its inhabitants to feel alike and act together in moments of ...
Page 41
Public education in England has been meanly starved of money , but it has
nevertheless improved , largely owing to the devoted efforts of the teachers , and
the habit of reading has become enormously more widespread . To an increasing
...
Public education in England has been meanly starved of money , but it has
nevertheless improved , largely owing to the devoted efforts of the teachers , and
the habit of reading has become enormously more widespread . To an increasing
...
Page 55
Quite apart from anything else , the rule of money sees to it that we shall be
governed largely by the old — that is , by people utterly unable to grasp what age
they are living in or what enemy they are fighting . Nothing was more desolating
at ...
Quite apart from anything else , the rule of money sees to it that we shall be
governed largely by the old — that is , by people utterly unable to grasp what age
they are living in or what enemy they are fighting . Nothing was more desolating
at ...
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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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