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foramomentwinstonignoredthedial。***hemadeaviolentefforttoraisehimselfintoasittingposition,andmerelysucceededinwrenchinghisbodypainfully。
「buthowcanyoucontrolmatter?」heburstout。「youdon』tevencontroltheclimateorthelawofgravity。andtherearedisease,pain,death—」
o』briensilencedhimbyamovementofhishand。「wecontrolmatterbecausewecontrolthemind。realityisinsidetheskull。youwilllearnbydegrees,winston。thereisnothingthatwecouldnotdo。invisibility,levitation—anything。icouldfloatoffthisfloorlikeasoapbubbleifiwishto。idonotwishto,becausethepartydoesnotwi**。youmustgetridofthosenineteenth-centuryideasaboutthelawsofnature。wemakethelawsofnature。」
「butyoudonot!youarenotevenmastersofthisplanet。whatabouteurasiaandeastasia?youhavenotconqueredthemyet。」
「unimportant。weshallconquerthemwhenitsuitsus。andifwedidnot,whatdifferencewoulditmake?wecanshutthemoutofexistence。oceaniaistheworld。」
「buttheworlditselfisonlyaspeckofdust。andmanistinyhelpless!howlonghashebeeninexistence?formillionsofyearstheearthwasuninhabited。」
「nonsense。theearthisasoldasweare,noolder。howcoulditbeolder?nothingexistsexceptthroughhumanconsciousness。」
「buttherocksarefullofthebonesofextinctanimals—mammothsandmastodonsandenormousreptileswhichlivedherelongbeforemanwaseverheardof。」