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... outlook . Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour differs enormously from country to country . Things ...
... outlook . Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour differs enormously from country to country . Things ...
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... outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist , sometimes ntly pro - Russian , but always anti- It is questionable how much effect but it certainly had some . If the people suffered for several years a akening of morale , so that the ...
... outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist , sometimes ntly pro - Russian , but always anti- It is questionable how much effect but it certainly had some . If the people suffered for several years a akening of morale , so that the ...
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... outlook and habits between class and class are rapidly diminishing . In general , it would have recognized that the old - fashioned " proletarian revolution " is an impossibility . But all through the between - war years no Socialist ...
... outlook and habits between class and class are rapidly diminishing . In general , it would have recognized that the old - fashioned " proletarian revolution " is an impossibility . But all through the between - war years no Socialist ...
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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