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They do not retain among their historical memories the name of a single military victory . ... And of the last war , the four names which have really engraved themselves on the popular memory are Mons , Ypres , Gallipoli and ...
They do not retain among their historical memories the name of a single military victory . ... And of the last war , the four names which have really engraved themselves on the popular memory are Mons , Ypres , Gallipoli and ...
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If one wishes to name a particular moment , one can say that the old distinction between Right and Left broke down when Picture Post was first published . What are the politics of Picture Post ? Or of Cavalcade , or Priestley's ...
If one wishes to name a particular moment , one can say that the old distinction between Right and Left broke down when Picture Post was first published . What are the politics of Picture Post ? Or of Cavalcade , or Priestley's ...
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a names will still exist , revolutionary sects will still be publishing their newspapers and making as little impression as ever . It will disestablish the Church , but will not persecute religion . It will retain a vague reverence for ...
a names will still exist , revolutionary sects will still be publishing their newspapers and making as little impression as ever . It will disestablish the Church , but will not persecute religion . It will retain a vague reverence for ...
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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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