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Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour differs enormously from country to country .
Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour differs enormously from country to country .
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Socialism aims , ultimately , at a world - state of free and equal human beings . It takes the equality of human rights for granted . Nazism assumes just the opposite . The driving force behind the Nazi movement is the belief in human ...
Socialism aims , ultimately , at a world - state of free and equal human beings . It takes the equality of human rights for granted . Nazism assumes just the opposite . The driving force behind the Nazi movement is the belief in human ...
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It is no use at this stage of the world's history to suggest that all human beings should have exactly equal incomes . It has been shown over and over again that without some kind of money reward there is no incentive to undertake ...
It is no use at this stage of the world's history to suggest that all human beings should have exactly equal incomes . It has been shown over and over again that without some kind of money reward there is no incentive to undertake ...
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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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