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It is a land where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the policemen carry no revolvers . In no country inhabited by white men is it easier to shove people off the pavement . And with this goes something that is always written ...
It is a land where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the policemen carry no revolvers . In no country inhabited by white men is it easier to shove people off the pavement . And with this goes something that is always written ...
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It is a land of snobbery and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . 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 ...
It is a land of snobbery and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . 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 ...
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But the State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ( probably fifteen acres at the very most ) , and will never permit any ownership of land in town areas . From the moment that all productive goods have been ...
But the State will certainly impose an upward limit to the ownership of land ( probably fifteen acres at the very most ) , and will never permit any ownership of land in town areas . From the moment that all productive goods have been ...
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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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