First Things RSS Feed - Peter Wehner https://www.firstthings.com/author/peter-wehner en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:51:56 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/peter-wehner 60 George Orwell’s Fierce Modesty https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/09/george-orwells-fierce-modesty https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/09/george-orwells-fierce-modesty Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:05:00 -0400 A few days ago I was reading George Orwell’s 1938 book Homage to Catalonia , a gripping account of his role in the Spanish Civil War, first as a journalist and then as a participant. Near the end of the book are these words:

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