For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics) he feels himself master of his fate, but against major events he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavoring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him. - George Orwell

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George Orwell: "For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics) he feels himself master of his fate, but against major events he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavoring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him."

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Against	Circle	Down	Elements
Endeavoring	Events	Fate	Feels
Future	Happen	Helpless	Himself
Home	Influence	Lets	Lies
Life	Local	Major	Master
Narrow	Ordinary	Passive	Perhaps
Politics	Simply	Things	Trade
Unions	Within

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