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Page 48
... snigger at every English institution , from horse- racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably true , that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during " God save ...
... snigger at every English institution , from horse- racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably true , that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during " God save ...
Page 50
... snigger , is as out of date as the cavalry colonel . A modern nation cannot afford either of them . Patriotism and intelligence will have to come together again . It is the fact that we are fighting a war , and a very peculiar kind of ...
... snigger , is as out of date as the cavalry colonel . A modern nation cannot afford either of them . Patriotism and intelligence will have to come together again . It is the fact that we are fighting a war , and a very peculiar kind of ...
Page 94
... meeting with endless defeats and afterwards putting the blame on other people . The left - wing intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , 1 sapping away at middle - class morale , but 94 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
... meeting with endless defeats and afterwards putting the blame on other people . The left - wing intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , 1 sapping away at middle - class morale , but 94 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