A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is t…

George Orwell
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A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut. Nobody does plant them nowadays-when you see a walnut it is almost invariably an old tree. If you plant a walnut you are planting it for your grandchildren, and who cares a damn for his grandchildren? ✨ George Orwell (2009). Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays, p.223, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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