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England is the most class - ridden country under the sun . It is a land of snobbery
and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . But in any calculation about it ...
by an invisible chain . At any normal time the ruling class will rob , mismanage ...
England is the most class - ridden country under the sun . It is a land of snobbery
and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . But in any calculation about it ...
by an invisible chain . At any normal time the ruling class will rob , mismanage ...
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Yet at the moment of writing it is still possible to speak of a ruling class . Like the
knife which has had two new blades and three new handles , the upper fringe of
English society is still almost what it was in the mid - nineteenth century .
Yet at the moment of writing it is still possible to speak of a ruling class . Like the
knife which has had two new blades and three new handles , the upper fringe of
English society is still almost what it was in the mid - nineteenth century .
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But the navy is only partially , and the Air Force hardly at all , within the ruling -
class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were peaceful the methods
of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly
...
But the navy is only partially , and the Air Force hardly at all , within the ruling -
class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were peaceful the methods
of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly
...
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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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