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As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class —
the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic
demonstrations than the expensive ones — but the number of definitely
treacherous rich men ...
As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class —
the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic
demonstrations than the expensive ones — but the number of definitely
treacherous rich men ...
Page 65
Clearly you can ' t have many bombing planes without lowering the national
standard of life . It is guns or butter , as Marshal Göring remarked . But in
Chamberlain ' s England the transition could not be made . The rich would not
face the ...
Clearly you can ' t have many bombing planes without lowering the national
standard of life . It is guns or butter , as Marshal Göring remarked . But in
Chamberlain ' s England the transition could not be made . The rich would not
face the ...
Page 77
The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they
shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly ,
so much the better . We can bring these things about , if we really want to . It is not
...
The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they
shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly ,
so much the better . We can bring these things about , if we really want to . It is not
...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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