Wow. That supposed Orwell quote about "Rough men stand ready" turns out to be bogus. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/rough-men/ …
@JazzShaw Think I first saw it in Hitchens' 'Why Orwell Matters.' But it's from this - http://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat …
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@mattklewis Fair enough, but you'll admit that the actual text in that essay is significantly different than the common quote. -
@JazzShaw Yes. And this is a major problem. Most of the quotes I see (from everyone) are bogus. It's something I worry about as a writer.
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@mattklewis@JazzShaw The quote with the word "abjure" is mentioned in the full article linked by Jazz Shaw http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/rough-men/ … -
@QuoteResearch@JazzShaw I had a hard time following. You're saying the "abjure" quote is accurate, correct? -
@mattklewis I took it that way. The abjure one is real. The tasty one with "rough men" is fake.@QuoteResearch
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