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“youhavereadit？”saidwinston。***

“iwroteit。thatistosay，icollaboratedinwritingit。nobookisproducedindividually，asyouknow。”

“isittrue，whatitsays？”

“adescription，yes。theprogrammeitsetsforthisnonsense。thesecretaccumulationofknowledge—agradualspreadofenlightenment—ultimatelyaproletarianrebellion—theoverthrowoftheparty。youforesawyourselfthatthatwaswhatitwouldsay。itisallnonsense。theproletarianswillneverrevolt，notinathousandyearsoramillion。theycannot。idonothavetotellyouthereason：youknowitalready。ifyouhaveevercherishedanydreamsofviolentinsurrection，youmustabandonthem。thereisnowayinwhichthepartycanbeoverthrown。theruleofthepartyisforever。makethatthestarting-pointofyourthoughts。”

hecameclosertothebed。“forever！”herepeated。“andnowletusgetbacktothequestionof‘how’and‘why’。youunderstandwellenoughhowthepartymaintainsitselfinpower。nowtellmewhyweclingtopower。whatisourmotive？whyshouldwewantpower？goon，speak，”headdedaswinstonremainedsilent。

neverthelesswinstondidnotspeakforanothermomentortwo。afeelingofwearinesshadoverwhelmedhim。thefaint，madgleamofenthusiasmhadcomebackintoo’brien’sface。heknewinadvancewhato'brienwouldsay。thatthepartydidnotseekpowerforitsownends，butonlyforthegoodofthemajority。thatitsoughtpowerbecausemeninthemasswerefrailcowardlycreatureswhocouldnotendurelibertyorfacethetruth，andmustberuledoverandsystematicallydeceivedbyotherswhowerestrongerthanthemselves。thatthechoiceformankindlaybetweenfreedomandhappiness，andthat，forthegreatbulkofmankind，happinesswasbetter。thatthepartywastheeternalguardianoftheweak，adedicatedsectdoingevilthatgoodmightcome，sacrificingitsownhappinesstothatofothers。theterriblething，thoughtwinston，theterriblethingwasthatwheno'briensaidthishewouldbelieveit。youcouldseeitinhisface。o'brienkneweverything。athousandtimesbetterthanwinstonheknewwhattheworldwasreallylike，inwhatdegradationthemassofhumanbeingslivedandbywhatliesandbarbaritiesthepartykeptthemthere。hehadunderstooditall，weigheditall，anditmadenodifference：allwasjustifiedbytheultimatepurpose。whatcanyoudo，thoughtwinston，againstthelunaticwhoismoreintelligentthanyourself，whogivesyourargumentsafairhearingandthensimplypersistsinhislunacy？