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The gentleness of the English civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on English soil . It is a land where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the policemen carry no ...
The gentleness of the English civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on English soil . It is a land where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the policemen carry no ...
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It is a civilization in which children grow up with an intimate knowledge of magnetoes and in complete ignorance of the Bible . To that civilization belong the people who are most at home in and most definitely of the modern world ...
It is a civilization in which children grow up with an intimate knowledge of magnetoes and in complete ignorance of the Bible . To that civilization belong the people who are most at home in and most definitely of the modern world ...
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With all its sloth , hypocrisy and injustice , the English - speaking civilization is the only large obstacle in Hitler's path . It is a living contradiction of all the “ infallible ” dogmas of Fascism . That is why all Fascist writers ...
With all its sloth , hypocrisy and injustice , the English - speaking civilization is the only large obstacle in Hitler's path . It is a living contradiction of all the “ infallible ” dogmas of Fascism . That is why all Fascist writers ...
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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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