“ We cannot act collectively. We can only spread our knowledge outwards from individual to individual, generation after generation. ”
George Orwell, 1984 (1949). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
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| Source | 1984 |
| Topic | spreading generation |
| Date | 1949 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt |
Context
“We shalltake part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. But how far away that future may be, there is no knowing. It might be a thousand years. At present nothing is possible except to extend the area of sanity little by little. We cannot act collectively. We can only spread our knowledge outwards from individual to individual, generation after generation. In the face of the Thought Police there is no other way.”
He halted and looked for the third time at his wrist-watch.
“It is almost time for you to leave, comrade,” he said to Julia. “Wait. The decanter is still half full.””
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