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Page 38
For it was not possible for them to turn themselves into mere bandits , like the
American millionaires , consciously clinging to unjust privileges and beating
down opposition by bribery and tear - gas bombs . After all , they belonged to a
class ...
For it was not possible for them to turn themselves into mere bandits , like the
American millionaires , consciously clinging to unjust privileges and beating
down opposition by bribery and tear - gas bombs . After all , they belonged to a
class ...
Page 103
And within those limits some sense of equality is possible . A man with £ 3 a
week and a man with £ 1500 a year can feel themselves fellowcreatures , which
the Duke of Westminster and the sleepers on the Embankment benches cannot .
III .
And within those limits some sense of equality is possible . A man with £ 3 a
week and a man with £ 1500 a year can feel themselves fellowcreatures , which
the Duke of Westminster and the sleepers on the Embankment benches cannot .
III .
Page 123
Strategically it would be possible for this war to end with Hitler in secure
possession of Europe , and with the British Empire intact and British sea - power
barely affected . But ideologically it is not possible ; were Hitler to make an offer
along ...
Strategically it would be possible for this war to end with Hitler in secure
possession of Europe , and with the British Empire intact and British sea - power
barely affected . But ideologically it is not possible ; were Hitler to make an offer
along ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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