How could you communicate with the future? It was impossible. Either t…

George Orwell
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How could you communicate with the future? It was impossible. Either the future would resemble the present in which case it would not listen to him, or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless. ✨ George Orwell (1983). 1984, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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How could you communicate with the future? It was impossible. Either the future would resemble the present in which case it would not listen to him, or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless. ✨ George Orwell (1983). 1984, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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