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What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots . Decades before Hitler was ever heard of , the word “ Prussian ” had much the ...
What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots . Decades before Hitler was ever heard of , the word “ Prussian ” had much the ...
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In England patriotism takes different forms in different classes , but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in ...
In England patriotism takes different forms in different classes , but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in ...
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By 1920 nearly every inch of the colonial empire was in the grip of Whitehall . Wellmeaning , over - civilized men , in dark suits and black felt hats , with neatly - rolled umbrellas crooked over the left forearm , were imposing their ...
By 1920 nearly every inch of the colonial empire was in the grip of Whitehall . Wellmeaning , over - civilized men , in dark suits and black felt hats , with neatly - rolled umbrellas crooked over the left forearm , were imposing their ...
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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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