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One has only to look at their methods of town - planning and watersupply , their obstinate clinging to everything that is out of date and a nuisance , a spelling system that defies ...
One has only to look at their methods of town - planning and watersupply , their obstinate clinging to everything that is out of date and a nuisance , a spelling system that defies ...
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In proof of which , look about you . Where are the rubber truncheons , where is the castor oil ? The sword is still in the scabbard , and while it stays there corruption cannot go beyond a certain point . The English electoral system ...
In proof of which , look about you . Where are the rubber truncheons , where is the castor oil ? The sword is still in the scabbard , and while it stays there corruption cannot go beyond a certain point . The English electoral system ...
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It is the same idea all the time - look abroad for your inspiration , get someone else to do your fighting for you . Underneath it lies the frightful inferiority complex of the English intellectual , the belief that the English are no ...
It is the same idea all the time - look abroad for your inspiration , get someone else to do your fighting for you . Underneath it lies the frightful inferiority complex of the English intellectual , the belief that the English are no ...
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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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