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... definitely treacher- ous rich men , the Laval - Quisling type , is probably very small . In the working class . patriotism is profound , but it is unconscious . The working man's heart does not leap when he sees a Union Jack . But the ...
... definitely treacher- ous rich men , the Laval - Quisling type , is probably very small . In the working class . patriotism is profound , but it is unconscious . The working man's heart does not leap when he sees a Union Jack . But the ...
Page 37
... definitely benefited from the existing system . Moreover , the tendency of small businesses to merge together into large ones robbed more and more of the monied class of their function and turned them into mere 66 owners , their work ...
... definitely benefited from the existing system . Moreover , the tendency of small businesses to merge together into large ones robbed more and more of the monied class of their function and turned them into mere 66 owners , their work ...
Page 114
... definitely that our feet are set upon one path or the other . But at any rate it is certain that with our present social structure we cannot win . Our real forces , physical , moral or intellectual , cannot be mobilized . iii Patriotism ...
... definitely that our feet are set upon one path or the other . But at any rate it is certain that with our present social structure we cannot win . Our real forces , physical , moral or intellectual , cannot be mobilized . iii Patriotism ...
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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