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But no one accepts the implications of this , everyone takes it for granted that the
law , such as it is , will be respected , and feels a sense of outrage when it is not .
Remarks like “ They can't run me in ; I haven't done anything wrong ” , They ...
But no one accepts the implications of this , everyone takes it for granted that the
law , such as it is , will be respected , and feels a sense of outrage when it is not .
Remarks like “ They can't run me in ; I haven't done anything wrong ” , They ...
Page 98
But just because the English sense of national unity has never disintegrated ,
because patriotism is finally stronger than class - hatred , the chances are that the
will of the majority will prevail . It is no use imagining that one can make ...
But just because the English sense of national unity has never disintegrated ,
because patriotism is finally stronger than class - hatred , the chances are that the
will of the majority will prevail . It is no use imagining that one can make ...
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 .
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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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