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Politics and the English Language and other essays
A collection of short essays by George Orwell:Politics And The English LanguagePolitics Vs. Literature: An Examination Of Gulliver's TravelsThe Prevention Of LiteratureWhy I WriteWriters And LeviathanPoetry And The Microphone
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Published February 17, 2018
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George Orwell
1,323 books51k followersEric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both fascism and stalinism), and support of democratic socialism.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
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September 19, 2025
Rudyard Kipling by George Orwell is the fourteenth of The Essays that you find in the 917th place on The Greatest Books of All Time site, where Nineteen Eighty Four is sixth, although I was reading in The Economist that The Da Vinci code is the twelfth best known work or thereabouts, and Nineteen Eighty Four is 81st, close to Jane Eyre, in other words, a silly work is popular and magnum opera are becoming irrelevant, why wonder the free world has Orange Woland at the top? Nevertheless, you find more than five thousand reviews of masterpieces from this GOAT and other lists, along with films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20...
9 out of 10
If https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... by Rudyard Kipling is one of my favorite poems, albeit I have seen a comedian take it and give it a different, mirthful meaning
The thespian gave some quotes from If: ‘If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…’ and concluded that if this is the case, then you should have your head examined, which is both jesting and some good advice, unless of course, those around you are MAGA, which mans they are crazy, or perverse
I assume nobody is reading this far into the note – people do not read the chefs d’oeuvre, so why would they bother with this nonsense, I hope you are not still here, for if you were, it does not say good things about you…nor about me, for that matter – so maybe I can say what I think about this orange ghoul with impunity
Last time around, I was kicked off Goodreads, and I suspect that some of the MAGA folks flagged me for the disdain I have for this Goodfella https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... he is not even funny -well, he is ridiculous – the way Joe Pesci was in that classic scene
I remember I liked Kim, though I was not overwhelmed by it, and for some reason I do not find my review of this, either it was Lost (In Translation) or maybe the lack of exuberance, elation made me ‘forget about it’, in the words of Donnie Brasco, actually, that was the manner in which the mobsters talked in the movie
There is also The Jungle Book, which enthused, mesmerized me as a child, but adapted for the big screen by Disney, with excellent music, Baloo, the great, if vile tiger, the monkeys that kidnap the poor human child, Bagheera, the black panther, all with exquisite humor, an experience that I see has stayed with me to this day
Here is the note on one of the stories related to The Jungle Book, where Mowgli is the hero and then we have the brothers in here https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20...
Rudyard Kipling appears to have been an ‘imperialist’, as described and criticized by George Orwell, the latter was vehemently against the empire, he writes that ‘Kipling is the only English writer of our time who has added phrases to the language’ and one of those is ‘white man’s burden’, which should be changed to the opposite
The British in India disliked Kipling, they seem to have thought he is of mixed race, due to the fact that he was quite dark, and presumably, he did not describe things as they were, Orwell changes a few lines of Kipling to show how much better they sound
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – I am on Goodreads as Realini Ionescu, at least for the moment, if I keep on expressing my views on Orange Woland aka TACO, it may be a short-lived presence
Also, maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the benefits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
9 out of 10
If https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... by Rudyard Kipling is one of my favorite poems, albeit I have seen a comedian take it and give it a different, mirthful meaning
The thespian gave some quotes from If: ‘If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…’ and concluded that if this is the case, then you should have your head examined, which is both jesting and some good advice, unless of course, those around you are MAGA, which mans they are crazy, or perverse
I assume nobody is reading this far into the note – people do not read the chefs d’oeuvre, so why would they bother with this nonsense, I hope you are not still here, for if you were, it does not say good things about you…nor about me, for that matter – so maybe I can say what I think about this orange ghoul with impunity
Last time around, I was kicked off Goodreads, and I suspect that some of the MAGA folks flagged me for the disdain I have for this Goodfella https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... he is not even funny -well, he is ridiculous – the way Joe Pesci was in that classic scene
I remember I liked Kim, though I was not overwhelmed by it, and for some reason I do not find my review of this, either it was Lost (In Translation) or maybe the lack of exuberance, elation made me ‘forget about it’, in the words of Donnie Brasco, actually, that was the manner in which the mobsters talked in the movie
There is also The Jungle Book, which enthused, mesmerized me as a child, but adapted for the big screen by Disney, with excellent music, Baloo, the great, if vile tiger, the monkeys that kidnap the poor human child, Bagheera, the black panther, all with exquisite humor, an experience that I see has stayed with me to this day
Here is the note on one of the stories related to The Jungle Book, where Mowgli is the hero and then we have the brothers in here https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20...
Rudyard Kipling appears to have been an ‘imperialist’, as described and criticized by George Orwell, the latter was vehemently against the empire, he writes that ‘Kipling is the only English writer of our time who has added phrases to the language’ and one of those is ‘white man’s burden’, which should be changed to the opposite
The British in India disliked Kipling, they seem to have thought he is of mixed race, due to the fact that he was quite dark, and presumably, he did not describe things as they were, Orwell changes a few lines of Kipling to show how much better they sound
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – I am on Goodreads as Realini Ionescu, at least for the moment, if I keep on expressing my views on Orange Woland aka TACO, it may be a short-lived presence
Also, maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/20... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the benefits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
February 26, 2018
Free download available at Faded Page.
This work is in the Canadian public domain, but may be under copyright in some countries. If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this file.
I made the proofing (P2) of this book for DP-Canada and it will be published by Faded Page.
The essays with publication dates are:
Politics and the English language (1946)
Politics vs. Literature: an examination of Gulliver's Travels (1946)
The prevention of literature (1946)
Why I write (1946)
Writers and Leviathan (1948)
Poetry and the microphone (1943)
Page 73:
From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.
Page 81:
Animal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole.
5* 1984
4* Animal Farm
3* Keep the Aspidistra Flying
3* Down and Out in Paris and London
4* Politics and the English Language and Other Essays
TR Homage to Catalonia
TR Burmese Days
TR The Road to Wigan Pier
TR Charles Dickens
This work is in the Canadian public domain, but may be under copyright in some countries. If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this file.
I made the proofing (P2) of this book for DP-Canada and it will be published by Faded Page.
The essays with publication dates are:
Politics and the English language (1946)
Politics vs. Literature: an examination of Gulliver's Travels (1946)
The prevention of literature (1946)
Why I write (1946)
Writers and Leviathan (1948)
Poetry and the microphone (1943)
Page 73:
From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.
Page 81:
Animal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole.
5* 1984
4* Animal Farm
3* Keep the Aspidistra Flying
3* Down and Out in Paris and London
4* Politics and the English Language and Other Essays
TR Homage to Catalonia
TR Burmese Days
TR The Road to Wigan Pier
TR Charles Dickens
December 16, 2021
A prescient collection of essays written 1946-48 more relevant today than when it was originally published 70 years ago. Everyone knows Orwell for his dystopia 1984, and the novel's eerie predictions that have largely come true. In these essays, Orwell discusses specifically how totalitarianism affects the arts and especially the written word. In his day, it was the Hitlerite and Stalinist movements and their brands of euphemism, silencing, and suppression that threatened speech. Today, it is political correctness, social media echo chambers, and cancel culture. As one reads through these essays, one has to blink in disbelief that the words were written in a different age. In a way, it is the same age with the same threats. We did not heed Orwell's warnings then. We would do best to heed them now.
November 9, 2024
This ebook contains 6 essays. Orwell continues to be one of my favourite authors.
1. Politics and the English Language
Since I've been separated from this essay by roughly two weeks, I think it's safe to say what kind of impact it has had on my mind. I don't think I could ever watch a Youtube video essay in the same way ever again. Seriously, have you ever been bored, scrolling through dozens of videos - especially political video essays - only to come away with the feeling you've been hypnotized through listening to absolutely nothing?
Orwell had already rallied against this phenomenon in 1946(!)
2. An Examination Of Gulliver's Travels
I don't think there's really a point to reading this if you haven't already read Gulliver's Travels.
3. The Prevention Of Literature
Ah-ha! Here is the classic example that many conservatives use to push Orwell into being on their side of the political spectrum. But little did they understand that leftist infighting is the essential core of being true leftist.
4. Why I Write
I've always wanted to read this. There's a nice mini autobiography on Orwell and perhaps I could be persuaded to pick up an actual Orwell biography.
It is interesting how great writers tend to be similar as children. Generations of being the "odd one" in your classes.
I'm just disappointed by how sudden this essay ended. Felt completely unfinished.
5. Writers And Leviathan
This is about politics shouldn't become your identity. Involving yourself in politics is really about action, not about succumbing yourself to some strict ideology. However, with something as intimate as being a writer - this can be difficult.
6. Poetry And The Microphone
I wasn't expecting to like this one due to the subject matter being poetry, but I was caught by Orwell's trap. Today, however, poetry is probably more dead than before with a strange mockery of revival with 'Tik Tok' poetry.
1. Politics and the English Language
Since I've been separated from this essay by roughly two weeks, I think it's safe to say what kind of impact it has had on my mind. I don't think I could ever watch a Youtube video essay in the same way ever again. Seriously, have you ever been bored, scrolling through dozens of videos - especially political video essays - only to come away with the feeling you've been hypnotized through listening to absolutely nothing?
Orwell had already rallied against this phenomenon in 1946(!)
2. An Examination Of Gulliver's Travels
I don't think there's really a point to reading this if you haven't already read Gulliver's Travels.
3. The Prevention Of Literature
Ah-ha! Here is the classic example that many conservatives use to push Orwell into being on their side of the political spectrum. But little did they understand that leftist infighting is the essential core of being true leftist.
4. Why I Write
I've always wanted to read this. There's a nice mini autobiography on Orwell and perhaps I could be persuaded to pick up an actual Orwell biography.
It is interesting how great writers tend to be similar as children. Generations of being the "odd one" in your classes.
I'm just disappointed by how sudden this essay ended. Felt completely unfinished.
5. Writers And Leviathan
This is about politics shouldn't become your identity. Involving yourself in politics is really about action, not about succumbing yourself to some strict ideology. However, with something as intimate as being a writer - this can be difficult.
6. Poetry And The Microphone
I wasn't expecting to like this one due to the subject matter being poetry, but I was caught by Orwell's trap. Today, however, poetry is probably more dead than before with a strange mockery of revival with 'Tik Tok' poetry.
February 20, 2024
10/10
Sometimes one should read a book that would make them feel stupid. Not in a “I don’t understand” stupid but in a “how much I still ought to know” stupid. And that was the book for me. How can one acquire such precision in language, when forming thoughts and defending opinions? And how can one form such precise and sharp arguments in such broad of a topic?
Sometimes one should read a book that would make them feel stupid. Not in a “I don’t understand” stupid but in a “how much I still ought to know” stupid. And that was the book for me. How can one acquire such precision in language, when forming thoughts and defending opinions? And how can one form such precise and sharp arguments in such broad of a topic?
March 2, 2021
Reading this is like listening to what my grandfather, a veteran of The Great War, told me sixty years ago. Perhaps he was then feeling the same way I feel today – hopeless.
George Orwell grew up with the start of the new totalitarian age and he has exposed the process as few others can. This pamphlet of essays gives insight into the first half of the “progressive” revolution of society. Surprisingly, the issues and ideas could be from today’s newspapers or TV drama.
When did liberalism become socialism? This is a critical pivot point of when we started to lose the war against freedom. This was the perversion of our strength of moral high ground. Morality was deemed relative. Then it became a weapon against the average man who could not think through his ideology separated from the church. This question desperately needs an answer. George Orwell's essays start to answer this question.
I will recommend this pamphlet for any fans of José Ortega y Gasset and for all open minds searching for ways to end the madness of politics today.
George Orwell grew up with the start of the new totalitarian age and he has exposed the process as few others can. This pamphlet of essays gives insight into the first half of the “progressive” revolution of society. Surprisingly, the issues and ideas could be from today’s newspapers or TV drama.
When did liberalism become socialism? This is a critical pivot point of when we started to lose the war against freedom. This was the perversion of our strength of moral high ground. Morality was deemed relative. Then it became a weapon against the average man who could not think through his ideology separated from the church. This question desperately needs an answer. George Orwell's essays start to answer this question.
I will recommend this pamphlet for any fans of José Ortega y Gasset and for all open minds searching for ways to end the madness of politics today.
February 21, 2021
I had previously read "Politics and the English Language," but it was nice to revisit this essay again. It is always a timely reminder of how dilapidated our language has become. The remaining essays in this short volume focus on similar themes of language what it means to be a writer. I think that my favorite essay is entitled, "The Prevention of Literature." Orwell describes an attack on intellectual liberty which is currently attacked by monopoly and bureaucracy but is under the most serious potential danger from totalitarianism. Many of the dangers that writers like Rod Dreher still emphasize about totalitarianism were understood by Orwell decades ago. It is funny how we still don't heed these warnings.
This is a short collection of essays, but these two essays are worth the price all by themselves.
This is a short collection of essays, but these two essays are worth the price all by themselves.
September 25, 2022
Politics and The English Language and Other Essays (2018) by George Orwell is a collection of Orwell’s essays. The essays were all written in the 1940s.
The book is available for legal free download at Faded page as the essays in the book are out of copyright in a number of jurisdictions.
The essays included are Politics and The English Language, Politics vs. Literature: an examination of Gulliver’s Travels, The Prevention of Literature, Why I Write, Writers and Leviathan and finally Poetry and the Microphone.
The essay on Politics and The English Language is very good, it’s a very good essay on how to write well with more on politics. The essay on Gulliver’s Travels is hard going. The Prevention of Literature is an interesting time piece and shows Orwell’s issues with the politics and literaturee of the time. Why I Write is an interesting view into Orwell. Writers and Leviathan has insight into the literary scene and Orwell’s views. Poetry and the Microphone is pretty forgettable.
The collection of essays is well worth a read for anyone interested in Orwell. The titular essay is very much worth a read for anyone interested in a great writers views on how to write well.
The book is available for legal free download at Faded page as the essays in the book are out of copyright in a number of jurisdictions.
The essays included are Politics and The English Language, Politics vs. Literature: an examination of Gulliver’s Travels, The Prevention of Literature, Why I Write, Writers and Leviathan and finally Poetry and the Microphone.
The essay on Politics and The English Language is very good, it’s a very good essay on how to write well with more on politics. The essay on Gulliver’s Travels is hard going. The Prevention of Literature is an interesting time piece and shows Orwell’s issues with the politics and literaturee of the time. Why I Write is an interesting view into Orwell. Writers and Leviathan has insight into the literary scene and Orwell’s views. Poetry and the Microphone is pretty forgettable.
The collection of essays is well worth a read for anyone interested in Orwell. The titular essay is very much worth a read for anyone interested in a great writers views on how to write well.
October 23, 2021
Compilation of five essays post-WW2 where George Orwell discusses the state of literature, journalism, propaganda, and media. This book culminates with two essays on why he writes and the writer's dilemma of objectivity and politics.
So much in these essays remains true today.
George Orwell takes a deep dive into the soul of a writer and the choices made between their political biases and the desire for objectivity. His lively debate with himself is refreshing and one could say wholely absent from today's journalism. Mixed amongst these writings is George Orwell's own political biases, and his predictions of the path journalism and writers will evitably befall.
George Orwell rallied against Totalitarianism after his Spanish Civil War venture and the following realization of Fascism, Nazism & Socialism during and after WW2.
Recommended reading for those who have enjoyed George Orwell's novels, to get an insight into his political thought and biases.
So much in these essays remains true today.
George Orwell takes a deep dive into the soul of a writer and the choices made between their political biases and the desire for objectivity. His lively debate with himself is refreshing and one could say wholely absent from today's journalism. Mixed amongst these writings is George Orwell's own political biases, and his predictions of the path journalism and writers will evitably befall.
George Orwell rallied against Totalitarianism after his Spanish Civil War venture and the following realization of Fascism, Nazism & Socialism during and after WW2.
Recommended reading for those who have enjoyed George Orwell's novels, to get an insight into his political thought and biases.
November 23, 2025
Essays by popular authors can often be thought provoking and a little grandiose which this is. I realise this is a blindingly obvious point made even more obvious by the expense of binding 107 pages in an ugly hardback. Thank goodness for my local library!
Having just listened to Anna Funder’s “Wifedom” I was interested to read that in “Why I write” he admits he is selfish and egotistical. This did not lead to a more caring attitude to the wives and friends he shared his life with and ironically in his private life he appeared quite the dictator.
Having just listened to Anna Funder’s “Wifedom” I was interested to read that in “Why I write” he admits he is selfish and egotistical. This did not lead to a more caring attitude to the wives and friends he shared his life with and ironically in his private life he appeared quite the dictator.
January 1, 2023
Didn't read the essay on Gulliver's Travels, but apart from that, it is just really well-written and got me thinking about language and all the ways it affects us. Definitely have to read even more Orwell.
January 4, 2025
“Why I Write” is an excellent essay to whom considered as a huge fan of Orwell.
June 25, 2025
The titular essay is obviously unbelievable, and I enjoyed the one on Gulliver's Travels. The rest I could take or leave
February 20, 2021
The only thing I missed is more detailed writing, more pages.. Loved it very much..A collection of two essays from George Orwell..One is on the English language as used by politicians to serve their purpose: mainly to lie, to confuse their voters..The author shows ways the language is abused, how a writer or politician uses meaningless metaphors, Latin and Greek words to sound intelligent and to lose the true meaning of his words to appeal to the voter.. The other is a short essay on Hitler's Mein Kampf and how his language in it showed signs of him being dangerous way before his starting the war and becoming a dictator.. Loved both essays, but, like I said, I would loved them even more if they were longer..
February 21, 2021
I really enjoyed this collection of essays. I feel that Orwell’s writing has aged extremely well and is very much relevant.
Politics and the English language was most certainly a favourite.
I really enjoyed “The prevention of literature” as well.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of essays and look forward to reading more of Orwell’s work.
Politics and the English language was most certainly a favourite.
I really enjoyed “The prevention of literature” as well.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of essays and look forward to reading more of Orwell’s work.
June 17, 2023
Really easy to read. Interesting the parallels between the times these essays were written (1939-1946) and the current ones we live in. History repeats.
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