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... Conrad can be something much more sinister , much more complex than this , which could be taken as an extreme instance of what Ruskin called “ the pathetic fal- lacy , " the reading of human attributes into nature . The nature of this ...
... Conrad can be something much more sinister , much more complex than this , which could be taken as an extreme instance of what Ruskin called “ the pathetic fal- lacy , " the reading of human attributes into nature . The nature of this ...
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... Conrad does not help by reminding us , in his preface to Lord Jim , that members have been known to talk for six hours at a stretch in the House of Commons . But for Conrad himself the value of such a figure as Mar- low was immense ; it ...
... Conrad does not help by reminding us , in his preface to Lord Jim , that members have been known to talk for six hours at a stretch in the House of Commons . But for Conrad himself the value of such a figure as Mar- low was immense ; it ...
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... Conrad could have said with Meredith , " by what is false within . " Bound to Brown by a shared guilt , Jim brings ... Conrad's world , " Though he believe it , no man is strong " ; the gulf of nullity is always at his feet , and the sea ...
... Conrad could have said with Meredith , " by what is false within . " Bound to Brown by a shared guilt , Jim brings ... Conrad's world , " Though he believe it , no man is strong " ; the gulf of nullity is always at his feet , and the sea ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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