Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fiel… - George Orwell

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Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.

George Orwell

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George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.

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Pen Names: John Freeman

Birth Name: Eric Arthur Blair

Alternative Names: Orwell • Eric Blair • P. S. Burton

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