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Imperialist sentiment remained strong in the middle class , chiefly owing to family tradition , but the job of administering the Empire had ceased to appeal . Few able men went east of Suez if there was any way of avoiding it .
Imperialist sentiment remained strong in the middle class , chiefly owing to family tradition , but the job of administering the Empire had ceased to appeal . Few able men went east of Suez if there was any way of avoiding it .
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But at present we have nothing to appeal to except traditional patriotism , which is deeper here than elsewhere , but is not necessarily bottomless . At some point or another you have got to deal with the man who says “ I should be no ...
But at present we have nothing to appeal to except traditional patriotism , which is deeper here than elsewhere , but is not necessarily bottomless . At some point or another you have got to deal with the man who says “ I should be no ...
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The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had ...
The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had ...
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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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