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Everyone knows that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . But no one accepts the implications of this , everyone takes it for granted that the law , such as it is , will be respected , and feels a sense of outrage ...
Everyone knows that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . But no one accepts the implications of this , everyone takes it for granted that the law , such as it is , will be respected , and feels a sense of outrage ...
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In all countries the poor are more national than the rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom ...
In all countries the poor are more national than the rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom ...
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To an increasing extent the rich and the poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of ...
To an increasing extent the rich and the poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of ...
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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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