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of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts. TheMinistry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry ofTruth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and theMinistry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictionsare not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy;they are deliberate exercises in DOUBLETHINK. Forit is only by reconciling contradictions that power can beretained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cyclebe broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted—ifthe High, as we have called them, are to keep their placespermanently—then the prevailing mental condition mustbe controlled insanity.But there is one question which until this moment wehave almost ignored. It is; WHY should human equality beaverted? Supposing that the mechanics of the process havebeen rightly described, what is the motive for this huge,accurately planned effort to freeze history at a particularmoment of time?Here we reach the central secret. As we have seen. themystique of the Party, and above all of the Inner Party, dependsupon DOUBLETHINK But deeper than this lies theoriginal motive, the never-questioned instinct that first ledto the seizure of power and brought DOUBLETHINK, theThought Police, continuous warfare, and all the other necessaryparaphernalia into existence afterwards. This motivereally consists...Winston became aware of silence, as one becomes awareof a new sound. It seemed to him that Julia had been verystill for some time past. She was lying on her side, na-