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... beside it . Christianity and inter- national Socialism are as weak as straw in comparison with it . Hitler and Mussolini rose to power in their own countries very largely because they could grasp this fact and their opponents A * 9.
... beside it . Christianity and inter- national Socialism are as weak as straw in comparison with it . Hitler and Mussolini rose to power in their own countries very largely because they could grasp this fact and their opponents A * 9.
Page 32
... grasp any of the courses that were open to him . Like the mass of the people , he did not want to pay the price ... grasp that wars are not won without fighting . Later , perhaps , they will pick another leader who can grasp that only ...
... grasp any of the courses that were open to him . Like the mass of the people , he did not want to pay the price ... grasp that wars are not won without fighting . Later , perhaps , they will pick another leader who can grasp that only ...
Page 70
... apart from anything else , the rule of money sees to it that we shall be governed largely by the old —that is , by people utterly unable to grasp what age they are living in or what enemy they 70 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
... apart from anything else , the rule of money sees to it that we shall be governed largely by the old —that is , by people utterly unable to grasp what age they are living in or what enemy they 70 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
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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