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Just because patriotism is all but universal and not even the rich are
uninfluenced by it , there can come moments when the whole nation suddenly
swings together and does the same thing , like a herd of cattle facing a wolf .
There was such a ...
Just because patriotism is all but universal and not even the rich are
uninfluenced by it , there can come moments when the whole nation suddenly
swings together and does the same thing , like a herd of cattle facing a wolf .
There was such a ...
Page 31
Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the 1931 General
Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison . We were as
single - minded as the Gadarene swine . But I honestly doubt whether we can say
...
Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the 1931 General
Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison . We were as
single - minded as the Gadarene swine . But I honestly doubt whether we can say
...
Page 72
That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out ; but it does mean that at
every decisive moment they are likely to falter , pull their punches , do the wrong
thing . Until the Churchill government called some sort of halt to the process , they
...
That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out ; but it does mean that at
every decisive moment they are likely to falter , pull their punches , do the wrong
thing . Until the Churchill government called some sort of halt to the process , they
...
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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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