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The powerworship which is the new religion of Europe , and which has infected the English intelligentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never caught up with power politics . The “ realism ” which is preached in ...
The powerworship which is the new religion of Europe , and which has infected the English intelligentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never caught up with power politics . The “ realism ” which is preached in ...
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But somehow these differences fade away the moment that any two Britons are confronted by a European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , other than an American , who can distinguish between English and Scots or even English and ...
But somehow these differences fade away the moment that any two Britons are confronted by a European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , other than an American , who can distinguish between English and Scots or even English and ...
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The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans , except the Germans , whose courage they admired . ... This is perhaps another way of saying that the English are outside the European culture .
The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans , except the Germans , whose courage they admired . ... This is perhaps another way of saying that the English are outside the European culture .
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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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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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