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... perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . iv Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there . One of the ...
... perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . iv Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there . One of the ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... perhaps other people , that they are acting for the best . An army of unemployed led by millionaires quoting the Sermon on the Mount - that is our danger . But it cannot arise when we have once introduced a 82 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
... perhaps other people , that they are acting for the best . An army of unemployed led by millionaires quoting the Sermon on the Mount - that is our danger . But it cannot arise when we have once introduced a 82 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
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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