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Spaniards are cruel to animals , Italians can do nothing without making a deafening noise , the Chinese are addicted to gambling . Obviously such things don't matter in themselves . Nevertheless , nothing is causeless , and even the ...
Spaniards are cruel to animals , Italians can do nothing without making a deafening noise , the Chinese are addicted to gambling . Obviously such things don't matter in themselves . Nevertheless , nothing is causeless , and even the ...
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The Italians adopted the goose - step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and , as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy government , if it survives , is bound ...
The Italians adopted the goose - step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and , as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy government , if it survives , is bound ...
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They fed Italy with war materials all through the winter of 1939-40 , although it was obvious to the whole world that the Italians were going to attack us in the spring . For the sake of a few hundred thousand dividenddrawers they are ...
They fed Italy with war materials all through the winter of 1939-40 , although it was obvious to the whole world that the Italians were going to attack us in the spring . For the sake of a few hundred thousand dividenddrawers they are ...
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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 Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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