Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort …

George Orwell
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Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the moment. ✨ George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). The Complete Works of George Orwell: Smothered under journalism, 1946
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