The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius |
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Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. getting the name of Christ . The power- worship which is the new religion of Europe , and which has infected the English intelli- gentsia , has never touched the common people . They have ...
Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. getting the name of Christ . The power- worship which is the new religion of Europe , and which has infected the English intelli- gentsia , has never touched the common people . They have ...
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... English mystique , and the intellectuals who have tried to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the same quality in the English character that repels the tourist and keeps out the invader . Here one ...
... English mystique , and the intellectuals who have tried to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the same quality in the English character that repels the tourist and keeps out the invader . Here one ...
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... English intelligentsia - their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized . They take their cookery from Paris and their opinions from Moscow . In the ...
... English intelligentsia - their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized . They take their cookery from Paris and their opinions from Moscow . In the ...
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