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... patriotism takes different forms in different classes , but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle ...
... patriotism takes different forms in different classes , but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle ...
Page 96
... patriotism and intelligence into partnership -for the first time , a movement of such a kind becomes possible . ii The fact that we are at war has turned Socialism from a textbook word into a realizable policy . The inefficiency of ...
... patriotism and intelligence into partnership -for the first time , a movement of such a kind becomes possible . ii The fact that we are at war has turned Socialism from a textbook word into a realizable policy . The inefficiency of ...
Page 115
... patriotism and physical courage , the persistent effort to chip away English morale and spread a hedonistic , what - do - I - get - out - of - it attitude to life , has done nothing but harm . It would have been harmful even if we had ...
... patriotism and physical courage , the persistent effort to chip away English morale and spread a hedonistic , what - do - I - get - out - of - it attitude to life , has done nothing but harm . It would have been harmful even if we had ...
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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