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... better life is ahead for themselves and their children . The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly , so much the better ...
... better life is ahead for themselves and their children . The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly , so much the better ...
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Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. the changes for the better during the past six months . But we have moved with glacier - like slowness , and we have learned only from disasters . It took the fall of Paris to get rid of ...
Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. the changes for the better during the past six months . But we have moved with glacier - like slowness , and we have learned only from disasters . It took the fall of Paris to get rid of ...
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... better . The English can probably not be bullied into surrender , but they might quite easily be bored , cajoled or cheated into it , provided that , as at Munich , they did not know that they were surrendering . It could happen most ...
... better . The English can probably not be bullied into surrender , but they might quite easily be bored , cajoled or cheated into it , provided that , as at Munich , they did not know that they were surrendering . It could happen most ...
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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers