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Aldous Huxley

 * Words and Their Meanings
 * See also
 * Aldous Huxley
 * Quoted by S. I. Hayakawa (1949) Language in Thought and Action, p. 3. (opening quote of Book One. "The Functions of Language." See also the other interesting linguistic enlightenments in 1949.

Arthur Koestler

 * Darkness at Noon


 * The story of an Old Bolshevik and 1917 revolutionary who is cast out, imprisoned and tried for treason by the government he once helped create. It is set in 1938 during the Stalinist purges and Moscow show trials. It reflects the author's personal disillusionment with Communism and Stalin's destruction of the revolution.