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... inequality of wealth in England . It is grosser than in any European country , and you have only to look down the nearest street to see it . • Economically , England is certainly two nations , if 26 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
... inequality of wealth in England . It is grosser than in any European country , and you have only to look down the nearest street to see it . • Economically , England is certainly two nations , if 26 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
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... look at in the Tatler and the Bystander , always supposing that you want The existence of these people was by any standard unjustifiable . They were simply parasites , less useful to society than his fleas are to a dog . to . By 1920 ...
... look at in the Tatler and the Bystander , always supposing that you want The existence of these people was by any standard unjustifiable . They were simply parasites , less useful to society than his fleas are to a dog . to . By 1920 ...
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... look a long time to find a man more barren of ideas than Sir Oswald Mosley . He was as hollow as a jug . Even the elementary fact that Fascism must not offend national sentiment had escaped him . His entire movement was imitated ...
... look a long time to find a man more barren of ideas than Sir Oswald Mosley . He was as hollow as a jug . Even the elementary fact that Fascism must not offend national sentiment had escaped him . His entire movement was imitated ...
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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