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There is a sort of backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all
foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in
England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you
come ...
There is a sort of backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all
foreigners feel for our national way of life . Few Europeans can endure living in
England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you
come ...
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... and neither north nor west possessed a culture of its own . One gets a better
view of this question if one considers the minor point first . It is quite true that the
so - called races of Britain feel themselves to be very different from one another .
... and neither north nor west possessed a culture of its own . One gets a better
view of this question if one considers the minor point first . It is quite true that the
so - called races of Britain feel themselves to be very different from one another .
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But in any calculation about it one has got to take into account its emotional unity
, the tendency of nearly all its inhabitants to feel alike and act together in
moments of supreme crisis . It is the only great country in Europe that is not
obliged to ...
But in any calculation about it one has got to take into account its emotional unity
, the tendency of nearly all its inhabitants to feel alike and act together in
moments of supreme crisis . It is the only great country in Europe that is not
obliged to ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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