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“doyouknowwhereyouare,winston?”hesaid。***
“idon’tknow。icanguess。intheministryoflove。”
“doyouknowhowlongyouhavebeenhere?”
“idon’tknow。days,weeks,months—ithinkitismonths。”
“andwhydoyouimaginethatwebringpeopletothisplace?”
“tomakethemconfess。”
“no,thatisnotthereason。tryagain。”
“topunishthem。”
“no!”exclaimedo'brien。hisvoicehadchangedextraordinarily,andhisfacehadsuddenlybecomebothsternandanimated。“no!notmerelytoextractyourconfession,nottopunishyou。shallitellyouwhywehavebroughtyouhere?tocureyou!tomakeyousane!willyouunderstand,winston,thatnoonewhomwebringtothisplaceeverleavesourhandsuncured?wearenotinterestedinthosestupidcrimesthatyouhavecommitted。thepartyisnotinterestedintheovertact:thethoughtisallwecareabout。wedonotmerelydestroyourenemies,wechangethem。doyouunderstandwhatimeanbythat?”
hewasbendingoverwinston。hisfacelookedenormousbecauseofitsnearness,andhideouslyuglybecauseitwasseenfrombelow。moreoveritwasfilledwithasortofexaltation,alunaticintensity。againwinston’sheartshrank。ifithadbeenpossiblehewouldhavecowereddeeperintothebed。hefeltcertainthato’brienwasabouttotwistthedialoutofsheerwantonness。atthismoment,however,o’brienturnedaway。hetookapaceortwoupanddown。thenhecontinuedlessvehemently:
“thefirstthingforyoutounderstandisthatinthisplacetherearenomartyrdoms。youhavereadofthereligiouspersecutionsofthepast。inthemiddleagestherewastheinquisition。itwasafailure。itsetouttoeradicateheresy,andendedbyperpetuatingit。foreveryhereticitburnedatthestake,thousandsofothersroseup。whywasthat?becausetheinquisitionkilleditsenemiesintheopen,andkilledthemwhiletheywerestillunrepentant:infact,itkilledthembecausetheywereunrepentant。menweredyingbecausetheywouldnotabandontheirtruebeliefs。naturallyalltheglorybelongedtothevictimandalltheshametotheinquisitorwhoburnedhim。later,inthetwentiethcentury,therewerethetotalitarians,astheywerecalled。therewerethegermannazisandtherussiancommunists。therussianspersecutedheresymorecruellythantheinquisitionhaddone。andtheyimaginedthattheyhadlearnedfromthemistakesofthepast;theyknew,atanyrate,thatonemustnotmakemartyrs。beforetheyexposedtheirvictimstopublictrial,theydeliberatelysetthemselvestodestroytheirdignity。theyworethemdownbytortureandsolitudeuntiltheyweredespicable,cringingwretches,confessingwhateverwasputintotheirmouths,coveringthemselveswithabuse,accusingandshelteringbehindoneanother,whimperingformercy。andyetafteronlyafewyearsthesamethinghadhappenedoveragain。thedeadmenhadbecomemartyrsandtheirdegradationwasforgotten。onceagain,whywasit?inthefirstplace,becausetheconfessionsthattheyhadmadewereobviouslyextortedanduntrue。wedonotmakemistakesofthatkind。alltheconfessionsthatareutteredherearetrue。wemakethemtrue。andaboveallwedonotallowthedeadtoriseupagainstus。youmuststopimaginingthatposteritywillvindicateyou,winston。posteritywillneverhearofyou。youwillbeliftedcleanoutfromthestreamofhistory。weshallturnyouintogasandpouryouintothestratosphere。nothingwillremainofyou,notanameinaregister,notamemoryinalivingbrain。youwillbeannihilatedinthepastaswellasinthefuture。youwillneverhaveexisted。”