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The gentleness of the English civilization , is perhaps its most marked
characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on English soil . It is a land
where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the policemen carry no
revolvers .
The gentleness of the English civilization , is perhaps its most marked
characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on English soil . It is a land
where the bus conductors are good - tempered and the policemen carry no
revolvers .
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Perhaps the last right - wing intellectual was T . E . Lawrence . Since about 1930
everyone describable as an “ intellectual ” has lived in a state of chronic
discontent with the existing order . Necessarily so , because society as it was
constituted ...
Perhaps the last right - wing intellectual was T . E . Lawrence . Since about 1930
everyone describable as an “ intellectual ” has lived in a state of chronic
discontent with the existing order . Necessarily so , because society as it was
constituted ...
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Perhaps England needs tanks , but perhaps it pays better to manufacture motor
cars . To prevent war material from reaching the enemy is common sense , but to
sell in the highest market is a business duty . Right at the end of August 1939 the
...
Perhaps England needs tanks , but perhaps it pays better to manufacture motor
cars . To prevent war material from reaching the enemy is common sense , but to
sell in the highest market is a business duty . Right at the end of August 1939 the
...
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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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