218.英文正文（218）

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。」