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- ↑ George Orwell Pamphlet Literature
- ↑ Keeping our little corner clean: 1941-1942, George Orwell, Peter Hobley Davison, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison, Secker & Warburg, 1998, p. 301.
- ↑ Last Days Madness, Gary DeMar, American Vision, 1999, p. 132.
- ↑ The New Statesman, 9 January 1943
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