Is the last paragraph copyrighted because I see it a lot and am thinking of sticking it on to the end of some of my articles. Huge Orwell fan, so, yes. Otherwise I agree that your advice is good, solid sense, though as a graduate of English Literature and a philosopher, I groan a bit: the pointlessness of learning, eh?
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