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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?