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One cannot simply change from one system to the other as one might install a new piece of machinery in a factory , and then carry on as before , with the same people in positions of control . Obviously there is also needed a complete ...
One cannot simply change from one system to the other as one might install a new piece of machinery in a factory , and then carry on as before , with the same people in positions of control . Obviously there is also needed a complete ...
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The left - wing intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , sapping away at middle - class morale , but still keeping their favoured position as hangers - on of the dividend - drawers . Labour Party politics had ...
The left - wing intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , sapping away at middle - class morale , but still keeping their favoured position as hangers - on of the dividend - drawers . Labour Party politics had ...
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At the moment we are not in a position to raise the school - leaving age or increase the teaching staffs of the Elementary Schools . But there are certain immediate steps that we could take towards a democratic educational system .
At the moment we are not in a position to raise the school - leaving age or increase the teaching staffs of the Elementary Schools . But there are certain immediate steps that we could take towards a democratic educational system .
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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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