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Nothing holds it together except an idea which is indestructible.

George Orwell

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George Orwell
Age: 46 †
Born: 1903
Born: June 25
Died: 1950
Died: January 21
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Eric Blair
P. S. Burton
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John Freeman
Except
Idea
Together
Ideas
Nothing
Indestructible
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