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Four legs good, two legs bad.

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George Orwell
Age: 46 †
Born: 1903
Born: June 25
Died: 1950
Died: January 21
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Opinion Journalist
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Eric Blair
P. S. Burton
Eric Arthur Blair
John Freeman
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