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But does this mean that the instinct of the English will always tell them to do the
right thing ? Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the
1931 General Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison
.
But does this mean that the instinct of the English will always tell them to do the
right thing ? Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the
1931 General Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison
.
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... only a bomb on the Stock Exchange . Zweee — BOOM ! Another acre of
somebody's valuable slum - property gone west . Hitler will at any rate go down in
history as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its
face .
... only a bomb on the Stock Exchange . Zweee — BOOM ! Another acre of
somebody's valuable slum - property gone west . Hitler will at any rate go down in
history as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its
face .
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England is a family with the wrong members in control . Almost entirely we are
governed by the rich , and by people who step into positions of command by right
of birth . Few if any of these people are consciously treacherous , some of them ...
England is a family with the wrong members in control . Almost entirely we are
governed by the rich , and by people who step into positions of command by right
of birth . Few if any of these people are consciously treacherous , some of them ...
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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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