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   Martha Bridegam to Joe Fineman   
   Re: Orwell's unattractive heros   
   20 Jun 08 17:17:27   
   
   From: bridegam@pacbell.net   
      
   Joe Fineman wrote:   
   > Iain  writes:   
   >   
   >> Why did all of Orwell's novels feature youngish heros who look worse   
   >> for wear?   
   >   
   > Versimilitude?   
   >   
   >   ...A truly beautiful man, indeed, is as rare as a truly beautiful   
   >   piece of jewelry.                                 -- H. L. Mencken   
      
   "...And clenching your fist for the ones like us   
   who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,   
   you fixed yourself, you said, 'Well never mind,   
   we are ugly but we have the music.'..."   
      
   c/o M   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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