It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of stealing from a poor box
George OrwellStichwörter: patriotism intelligentsia
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I grew up in an atmosphere tinged with militarism, and afterwards I spent five boring years within the sound of bugles. To this day it gives me a faint feeling of sacrilege not to stand to attention during ‘God save the King’. That is childish, of course, but I would sooner have had that kind of upbringing than be like the left-wing intellectuals who are so ‘enlightened’ that they cannot understand the most ordinary emotions.
George OrwellStichwörter: patriotism intellectuals left-wing intelligentsia
It is to be hoped you are not ‘intellectual,’ which is an unpardonable trait
Mary MacLaneStichwörter: intellectualism intelligentsia
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