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Almost certainly the main reason why the Spanish Republic could keep up the fight for two and a half years against impossible odds was that there were no gross contrasts of wealth . The people suffered horribly THE LION AND THE UNICORN ...
Almost certainly the main reason why the Spanish Republic could keep up the fight for two and a half years against impossible odds was that there were no gross contrasts of wealth . The people suffered horribly THE LION AND THE UNICORN ...
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But there is no reason why ten to one should not be the maximum normal variation . And within those limits some sense of equality is possible . A man with £ 3 a week and a man with £ 1,500 a year can feel themselves fellow - creatures ...
But there is no reason why ten to one should not be the maximum normal variation . And within those limits some sense of equality is possible . A man with £ 3 a week and a man with £ 1,500 a year can feel themselves fellow - creatures ...
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In truth there is no reason to think that anyone will do our fighting for us yet awhile , except the Chinese , who have been doing it for three years already .
In truth there is no reason to think that anyone will do our fighting for us yet awhile , except the Chinese , who have been doing it for three years already .
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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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