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Englishmen and Indians can work side by side for the development of India , and
for the training of Indians in all the arts which , so far , they have been
systematically prevented from learning . How many of the existing British
personnel in India ...
Englishmen and Indians can work side by side for the development of India , and
for the training of Indians in all the arts which , so far , they have been
systematically prevented from learning . How many of the existing British
personnel in India ...
Page 89
Every week sees its spate of letters to the press , pointing out that if we had a
government with no Tories in it the Russians could hardly avoid coming round to
our side . Or we are to publish high - sounding war - aims ( vide books like Unser
...
Every week sees its spate of letters to the press , pointing out that if we had a
government with no Tories in it the Russians could hardly avoid coming round to
our side . Or we are to publish high - sounding war - aims ( vide books like Unser
...
Page 91
The two creeds cannot even , for any length of time , live side by side . So long as
democracy exists , even in its very imperfect English form , totalitarianism is in
deadly danger . The whole English - speaking world is haunted by the idea of ...
The two creeds cannot even , for any length of time , live side by side . So long as
democracy exists , even in its very imperfect English form , totalitarianism is in
deadly danger . The whole English - speaking world is haunted by the idea of ...
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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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