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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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For how could the fear, the hatred, and the lunatic credulity which the Party needed in its members be kept at the right pitch except by bottling down some powerful instinct and using it as a driving force.

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keep at the right pitch=keep the right tone (in music, etc) bottle down=repress driving force=motor Now you should able to understand it.

— Marius Hancu

  • keep at the right pitch=keep the right tone (in music, etc) bottle down=repress driving force=motor Now you should able to understand it.
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keep at the right pitch=keep the right tone (in music, etc)
bottle down=repress
driving force=motor

Now you should able to understand it.
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Thank you very much Marius Hancu,

How did you interpret "some powerful instinct"?
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some powerful instinct=a powerful instinct which isn't quite to be admired ("some" is negative here) such as hate
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