I love this man, for his honesty, his hatred of cruelty and oppression, his passion for social justice, his love of men and nature, the flavor of his personality, and I believe that it is very good that he has lived and written and I grieve for his early death as for the death of a friend...

My Own Private Orwell: Why the high priest of dystopia still matters

Had he lived to be an old man and not died a young one, George Orwell would have been 100 years old on June 25.
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