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... thing one notices if one looks directly at the common people , especially in the big towns , is that they are not puritanical . They are inveterate gamblers , drink as much beer as their wages will permit , are devoted to bawdy jokes ...
... thing one notices if one looks directly at the common people , especially in the big towns , is that they are not puritanical . They are inveterate gamblers , drink as much beer as their wages will permit , are devoted to bawdy jokes ...
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... thing ? Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the 1931 General Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison . We were as single - minded as the Gadarene swine . But I honestly ...
... thing ? Not at all , merely that it will tell them to do the same thing . In the 1931 General Election , for instance , we all did the wrong thing in perfect unison . We were as single - minded as the Gadarene swine . But I honestly ...
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... things . And they will suffer them , almost indefinitely , provided that they know what they are fighting for . They ... thing ; it has been responsible for most of the changes for the better during the past six months 77 SHOPKEEPERS AT WAR.
... things . And they will suffer them , almost indefinitely , provided that they know what they are fighting for . They ... thing ; it has been responsible for most of the changes for the better during the past six months 77 SHOPKEEPERS AT WAR.
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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