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... common with the England of 1840 ? But then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece ? Nothing , except that you happen to be the same person . And above all , it is your ...
... common with the England of 1840 ? But then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece ? Nothing , except that you happen to be the same person . And above all , it is your ...
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... common people must live to some extent against the existing order . The genuinely popular culture of England is something that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . One thing one ...
... common people must live to some extent against the existing order . The genuinely popular culture of England is something that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . One thing one ...
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... common ownership of the means of production " is not in itself a " sufficient definition of Socialism . One must also add the following : approximate equality of incomes ( it need be no more than approxi- mate ) , political democracy ...
... common ownership of the means of production " is not in itself a " sufficient definition of Socialism . One must also add the following : approximate equality of incomes ( it need be no more than approxi- mate ) , political democracy ...
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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