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That is not to say that the future is fixed , merely that certain alternatives are
possible and others not . A seed may grow or not grow , but at any rate a turnip
seed never grows into a parsnip . It is therefore of the deepest importance to try
and ...
That is not to say that the future is fixed , merely that certain alternatives are
possible and others not . A seed may grow or not grow , but at any rate a turnip
seed never grows into a parsnip . It is therefore of the deepest importance to try
and ...
Page 33
As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative
standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the
truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had long been obvious that they
...
As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative
standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the
truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had long been obvious that they
...
Page 80
They merely exist because of a widespread idea that there is something
disgraceful in being educated by the public ... It is all too obvious that our talk of “
defending democracy ” is nonsense while it is a mere accident of birth that
decides ...
They merely exist because of a widespread idea that there is something
disgraceful in being educated by the public ... It is all too obvious that our talk of “
defending democracy ” is nonsense while it is a mere accident of birth that
decides ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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