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... has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order . Necessarily so , because society as it was constituted had no room for him . In an Empire that was simply stagnant , neither being developed sense nor falling to ...
... has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order . Necessarily so , because society as it was constituted had no room for him . In an Empire that was simply stagnant , neither being developed sense nor falling to ...
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Above all , it is not the case in the new townships that have developed as a result of cheap motor cars and the southward shift of industry . The place to look for the germs of the future England is in the light - industry areas ...
Above all , it is not the case in the new townships that have developed as a result of cheap motor cars and the southward shift of industry . The place to look for the germs of the future England is in the light - industry areas ...
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Another twenty years along the present line of development , and India will be a peasant republic linked with England ... we simply hand over our own victims to new masters who come fresh to the job and have not developed any scruples .
Another twenty years along the present line of development , and India will be a peasant republic linked with England ... we simply hand over our own victims to new masters who come fresh to the job and have not developed any scruples .
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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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