Transforming Britain from Brutality to Kindness
HIGH INTELLIGENCEThe Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britainby Simon Heffer Writing during the Second World War, George Orwell drew attention to the contrast between the “softness” that characterized contemporary British civilization and the “brutality” that characterized British life a hundred years ago. Though not mentioned in Orwell’s “Higher Minds,” the transformation he grasped forms …
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