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Page 82
Once check that stream of dividends that flows from the bodies of Indian coolies
to the banking accounts of old ladies in Cheltenham, and the whole sahib-native
nexus, with its haughty ignorance on one side and envy and servility on the other
...
Once check that stream of dividends that flows from the bodies of Indian coolies
to the banking accounts of old ladies in Cheltenham, and the whole sahib-native
nexus, with its haughty ignorance on one side and envy and servility on the other
...
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
Kampf ...
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
Kampf ...
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
human ...
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
human ...
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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius 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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