The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 16
Page 40
... peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly tolerated them . How- ever unjustly England might be organized , it was at any rate not torn by class warfare or haunted by secret ...
... peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly tolerated them . How- ever unjustly England might be organized , it was at any rate not torn by class warfare or haunted by secret ...
Page 82
... peace movement is on foot somewhere in high places ; probably a shadow Cabinet has already been formed . These people will get their chance not in the moment of defeat but in some stagnant period when boredom is reinforced by discontent ...
... peace movement is on foot somewhere in high places ; probably a shadow Cabinet has already been formed . These people will get their chance not in the moment of defeat but in some stagnant period when boredom is reinforced by discontent ...
Page 118
... peace offers . Manifestly it is a time to stiffen morale , not to weaken it . Instead of taking the mechani- cally anti - British attitude which is usual on the Left , it is better to consider what the world would really be like if the ...
... peace offers . Manifestly it is a time to stiffen morale , not to weaken it . Instead of taking the mechani- cally anti - British attitude which is usual on the Left , it is better to consider what the world would really be like if the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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