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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?