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No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory ” , no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the last war the songs which the soldiers made up and sang of their own accord were not vengeful ...
No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory ” , no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the last war the songs which the soldiers made up and sang of their own accord were not vengeful ...
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has more appeal than a brilliant victory . The most stirring battlepoem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction . And of the last war , the four names which have really engraved themselves on the ...
has more appeal than a brilliant victory . The most stirring battlepoem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction . And of the last war , the four names which have really engraved themselves on the ...
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The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had ...
The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had ...
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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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