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There is a sort of backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe .
There is a sort of backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe .
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But in any calculation about it one has got to take into account its emotional unity , the tendency of nearly all its inhabitants to feel alike and act together in moments of supreme crisis . It is the only great country in Europe that ...
But in any calculation about it one has got to take into account its emotional unity , the tendency of nearly all its inhabitants to feel alike and act together in moments of supreme crisis . It is the only great country in Europe that ...
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... they are competent , and the amount of work they do depends on the feeling that they are " their own masters " . ... the property of the State , the common people will feel , as they cannot feel now , that the State is themselves .
... they are competent , and the amount of work they do depends on the feeling that they are " their own masters " . ... the property of the State , the common people will feel , as they cannot feel now , that the State is themselves .
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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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