Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the powe…

George Orwell
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Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea. ✨ George Orwell (1969). Coming Up for Air, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea. ✨ George Orwell (1969). Coming Up for Air, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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