Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gymble.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!fred From: fred@gymble.UUCP (Fred Blonder) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: George Orwell quote Message-ID: <200@gymble.UUCP> Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 17:48:48 EDT Article-I.D.: gymble.200 Posted: Fri Jul 26 17:48:48 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Jul-85 03:26:46 EDT References: <2814@mordor.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 21 Newsgroups: net.space Subject: George Orwell quote Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 03:04:21 EDT From: DOLANTP@USC-ISI.ARPA Knowing what a well-read group this is, can anyone refer me to the origin of the Orwell quote, "He who controls the present, controls the past; he who controls the past, controls the future." It's from the book, ``1984''. I'm not sure that it actually occurs within the story, but may appear on one of the pages preceding the text. -- All characters mentioned herein are fictitious. Any similarity to actual characters, ASCII or EBCDIC is purely coincidental. Fred Blonder (301) 454-7690 Fred@Maryland.{ARPA,CSNet} harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!fred