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  • Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our indignations, our illusions, our fidelity to the truth, and our persistent leanings to error. But most of all they resemble us in their precious hold on life.

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    1905 'Books'.

  • All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

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    Joseph Conrad
    Some Reminiscences (1912; in USA entitled "A Personal Record") p. 19

  • All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity. They can hurt no one.

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    Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad’s Sea Tales - Premium Collection: An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, A Smile of Fortune, Typhoon and more: Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.1118, e-artnow
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Joseph Conrad

  • Born: December 3, 1857
  • Died: August 3, 1924
  • Occupation: Author
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