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germ - free water , police protection , free libraries and probably free education of a kind . Public education in England has been meanly starved of money , but it has nevertheless improved , largely owing to the devoted efforts of the ...
germ - free water , police protection , free libraries and probably free education of a kind . Public education in England has been meanly starved of money , but it has nevertheless improved , largely owing to the devoted efforts of the ...
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In those vast new wildernesses of glass and brick the sharp distinctions of the older kind of town , with its slums and mansions , or of the country , with its manor houses and squalid cottages , no longer exist .
In those vast new wildernesses of glass and brick the sharp distinctions of the older kind of town , with its slums and mansions , or of the country , with its manor houses and squalid cottages , no longer exist .
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9 lies between the kind of collective society that Hitler will set up and the kind that can arise if he is defeated . If Hitler wins this war he will consolidate his rule over Europe , Africa and the Middle East , and if his armies have ...
9 lies between the kind of collective society that Hitler will set up and the kind that can arise if he is defeated . If Hitler wins this war he will consolidate his rule over Europe , Africa and the Middle East , and if his armies have ...
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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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