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However much you hate it or laugh at it , you will never be happy away from it for
any length of time . The suet puddings and the red pillar - boxes have entered
into your soul . Good or evil , it is yours , you belong to it , and this side the grave
...
However much you hate it or laugh at it , you will never be happy away from it for
any length of time . The suet puddings and the red pillar - boxes have entered
into your soul . Good or evil , it is yours , you belong to it , and this side the grave
...
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that there is no such thing as law , there is only power , has never taken root .
Even the intelligentsia have only accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a
half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar arguments to
the ...
that there is no such thing as law , there is only power , has never taken root .
Even the intelligentsia have only accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a
half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar arguments to
the ...
Page 68
That means that there will have to arise something that has never existed in
England , a Socialist movement that actually has the mass of the people behind it
. But one must start by recognizing why it is that English Socialism has failed .
That means that there will have to arise something that has never existed in
England , a Socialist movement that actually has the mass of the people behind it
. But one must start by recognizing why it is that English Socialism has failed .
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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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