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It is difficult otherwise to explain the contradictions of his policy , his failure to grasp any of the courses that were open to him . Like the mass of the people , he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war .
It is difficult otherwise to explain the contradictions of his policy , his failure to grasp any of the courses that were open to him . Like the mass of the people , he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war .
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They could keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was possible . Difficult though this was , they achieved it , largely by fixing their eyes on the past and refusing to notice the changes ...
They could keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was possible . Difficult though this was , they achieved it , largely by fixing their eyes on the past and refusing to notice the changes ...
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Even when they had begun to grasp that Fascism was dangerous , its essentially revolutionary nature , the huge military effort it was capable of making , the sort of tactics it would use , were quite beyond their comprehension B * 41 ...
Even when they had begun to grasp that Fascism was dangerous , its essentially revolutionary nature , the huge military effort it was capable of making , the sort of tactics it would use , were quite beyond their comprehension B * 41 ...
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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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