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Світом могли правити США, Німеччина та Японія, але правитимуть США, Росія та Китай. Страх перед знищенням штовхатиме громадян в обійми тоталітарних режимів. І тоді свобода стане рабством, мир потребуватиме війни, а незнання оголосять силою. Бомба не знищить людство — людство саме знищить людське у собі, зі страху перед бомбою. З таким баченням Орвелл сідає писати свій останній і найбільш промовистий текст.
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― Як писали класики
― Як писали класики
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Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had really been made? Only the survivors—the living—could attest to it. In order to know that a person had truly laid down his life for his friends, or comrades, one would have to hear it from his own lips, or at least have heard it promised in advance. And that presented another difficulty. Many brave a
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