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George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
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