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Remarks like “ They can ' t run me in ; I haven ' t done anything wrong " , or “ They
can ' t do that ; it ' s against the law ” , are part of the atmosphere of England . The
professed enemies of society have this feeling as strongly as anyone else .
Remarks like “ They can ' t run me in ; I haven ' t done anything wrong " , or “ They
can ' t do that ; it ' s against the law ” , are part of the atmosphere of England . The
professed enemies of society have this feeling as strongly as anyone else .
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Hitler will at any rate go down in history as the man who made the City of London
laugh on the wrong side of its face . For the first time in their lives the comfortable
were uncomfortable , the professional optimists had to admit that there was ...
Hitler will at any rate go down in history as the man who made the City of London
laugh on the wrong side of its face . For the first time in their lives the comfortable
were uncomfortable , the professional optimists had to admit that there was ...
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England is a family with the wrong members in control . Almost entirely we are
governed by the rich , and by people who step into positions of command by right
of birth . Few if any of these people are consciously treacherous , some of them ...
England is a family with the wrong members in control . Almost entirely we are
governed by the rich , and by people who step into positions of command by right
of birth . Few if any of these people are consciously treacherous , some of them ...
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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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