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   P.S.Burton to Joe Fineman   
   Re: Adumbrations of _Nineteen Eighty-Fou   
   17 Aug 07 03:07:02   
   
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   > III describes doublethink, but "in their cups" belongs to _Animal   
   > Farm_ rather than _Nineteen Eighty-Four_.   
   > --   
   > ---  Joe Fineman    jo...@verizon.net   
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   > ||:  You have to know how to accept rejection and reject  :||   
   > ||:  acceptance.                                          :||   
      
   judging by his correspondence and his library, orwell didn't read much   
   philosophy. "in their cups" is a very common expression, it just means   
   pissed (drunk, not angry)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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