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... land where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the police- men carry no revolvers . In no country inhabited by white men is it easier to shove people off the pavement . And with this goes something that is always written off by ...
... land where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the police- men carry no revolvers . In no country inhabited by white men is it easier to shove people off the pavement . And with this goes something that is always written off by ...
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... land of snobbery and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . 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 ...
... land of snobbery and privilege , ruled largely by the old and silly . 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 ...
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... land , mines , ships and machinery , are the property of the State . The State is the sole large - scale producer . It is not certain that Socialism is in all ways superior to capitalism , but it is certain that , unlike capitalism , it ...
... land , mines , ships and machinery , are the property of the State . The State is the sole large - scale producer . It is not certain that Socialism is in all ways superior to capitalism , but it is certain that , unlike capitalism , it ...
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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