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winstonhadrecoveredhimselfsufficientlytospeak。***「youcan』t!」hesaidweakly。
「whatdoyoumeanbythatremark,winston?」
「youcouldnotcreatesuchaworldasyouhavejustdescribed。itisadream。itisimpossible。」
「why?」
「itisimpossibletofoundacivilizationonfearandhatredandcruelty。itwouldneverendure。」
「whynot?」
「itwouldhavenovitality。itwoulddisintegrate。itwouldcommitsuicide。」
「nonsense。youareundertheimpressionthathatredismoreexhaustingthanlove。whyshoulditbe?andifitwere,whatdifferencewouldthatmake?supposethatwechoosetowearourselvesoutfaster。supposethatwequickenthetempoofhumanlifetillmenaresenileatthirty。stillwhatdifferencewoulditmake?canyounotunderstandthatthedeathoftheindividualisnotdeath?thepartyisimmortal。」
asusual,thevoicehadbatteredwinstonintohelplessness。moreoverhewasindreadthatifhepersistedinhisdisagreemento』brienwouldtwistthedialagain。andyethecouldnotkeepsilent。feebly,withoutarguments,withnothingtosupporthimexcepthisinarticulatehorrorofwhato』brienhadsaid,hereturnedtotheattack。
「idon』tknow—idon』tcare。somehowyouwillfail。somethingwilldefeatyou。lifewilldefeatyou。」
「wecontrollife,winston,atallitslevels。youareimaginingthatthereissomethingcalledhumannaturewhichwillbeoutragedbywhatwedoandwillturnagainstus。butwecreatehumannature。menareinfinitelymalleable。orperhapsyouhavereturnedtoyouroldideathattheproletariansortheslaveswillariseandoverthrowus。putitoutofyourmind。theyarehelpless,liketheanimals。humanityistheparty。theothersareoutside—irrelevant。」