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In all countries the poor are more national than the rich , but the English working
class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are
obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to ...
In all countries the poor are more national than the rich , but the English working
class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are
obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to ...
Page 31
A foreign observer sees only the huge inequality of wealth , the unfair electoral
system , the governing - class control over the Press , the radio and education ,
and concludes that democracy is simply a polite name for dictatorship . But this ...
A foreign observer sees only the huge inequality of wealth , the unfair electoral
system , the governing - class control over the Press , the radio and education ,
and concludes that democracy is simply a polite name for dictatorship . But this ...
Page 106
Any transference to foreign rule — for if the British marched out of India the
Japanese and other powers would immediately march in — would mean an
immense dislocation . Neither the Japanese , the Russians , the Germans nor the
Italians ...
Any transference to foreign rule — for if the British marched out of India the
Japanese and other powers would immediately march in — would mean an
immense dislocation . Neither the Japanese , the Russians , the Germans nor the
Italians ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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