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As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class —
the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic
demonstrations than the expensive ones — but the number of definitely
treacherous rich men ...
As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class —
the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic
demonstrations than the expensive ones — but the number of definitely
treacherous rich men ...
Page 52
To an increasing extent the rich and the poor read the same books , and they
also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the
differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of
cheap ...
To an increasing extent the rich and the poor read the same books , and they
also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the
differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of
cheap ...
Page 65
... lowering the national standard of life . It is guns or butter , as Marshal Göring
remarked . But in Chamberlain's England the transition could not be made . The
rich would not face the necessary taxation , and while the rich are still visibly rich
it ...
... lowering the national standard of life . It is guns or butter , as Marshal Göring
remarked . But in Chamberlain's England the transition could not be made . The
rich would not face the necessary taxation , and while the rich are still visibly rich
it ...
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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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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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