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His opponents professed to see in him a dark and wily schemer , plotting to sell England to Hitler , but it is far likelier that he was merely a stupid old man doing his best according to his very dim lights . It is difficult otherwise ...
His opponents professed to see in him a dark and wily schemer , plotting to sell England to Hitler , but it is far likelier that he was merely a stupid old man doing his best according to his very dim lights . It is difficult otherwise ...
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As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists .
As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists .
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They might almost equally well say that if we fight against Negroes we shall turn black . To go Nazi ” we should have to have the history of Germany behind us . Nations do not escape from their past merely by making a revolution .
They might almost equally well say that if we fight against Negroes we shall turn black . To go Nazi ” we should have to have the history of Germany behind us . Nations do not escape from their past merely by making a revolution .
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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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