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England will still be England, an everlasting animal stretching into the future and the past, and, like all living things, having the power to change out of recognition and yet remain the same.
England will still be England, an everlasting animal stretching into the future and the past, and, like all living things, having the power to change out of recognition and yet remain the same.
Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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- George Orwell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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