Ah, Davidson, woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life! Victory - Page 410by Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
| Helen Thomas Follett And Wilson Follett - 1918 - 552 pages
...his abnormal philosophy to help him to resignation and readjustment, he can but cry in despair, " ' Ah, Davidson, woe to the man whose heart has not learned...to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life.' " Thus, as in other stories of Mr. Conrad, the meaning of failure is less tragic than the physical... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...everything was perfectly dark and absolutely quiet. He felt ashamed of his impulsiveness. What a fool he would have looked, waking up a man in the middle...his dead for a time, we heard a snarly sort of voice near the bushes by the shore calling out: '"Is that you, governor?' "'Yes, it's me.' "'Jeeminy! I thought... | |
| JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...everything was perfectly dark and absolutely quiet. He felt ashamed of his impulsiveness. What a fool he would have looked, waking up a man in the middle...whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love—and to put its trust in life!' "As we stood there, just before I left him, for he said he wanted... | |
| William Edward Simonds - English literature - 1921 - 558 pages
...no sound; this is the formula taught him in his youth. But when the catastrophe falls, he exclaims, "Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while...to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life!" The Secret Agent (1907), Under Western Eyes (1911), Chance (1914), and The Arrow of Gold (1919) have... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...steamer. Then indeed he lost no time in going ashore — alone, of course, from motives of delicacy. was a queer chap. Practically the last words he said...his dead for a time, we heard a snarly sort of voice near the bushes by the shore calling out: '"Is that you, governor?' '"Yes, it's me.' "'Jeeminy! I thought... | |
| Schelling anniversary papers - Literature - 1923 - 354 pages
...Victory that he makes his most forthright declaration of faith in life. It is in the last words of Heyst, "Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while...to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life." You will find sayings from Shakespeare and from Sir Thomas Browne on the title pages of books of Conrad.... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...was a queer chap. Practically the last words he said <to me, as we came out on the verandah, were: I '"Ah, Davidson, woe to the man whose heart has " \ not learned while young to hope, to love—and to put yits trust in life!' "As we stood there, just before I left him, for he said he wanted... | |
| Schelling anniversary papers - Literature - 1923 - 366 pages
...Victory that he makes his most forthright declaration of faith in life. It is in the last words of Heyst, "Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love—and to put its trust in life." You will find sayings from Shakespeare and from Sir Thomas Browne... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 442 pages
...white boat, adrift, with the dead body C of a very hairy man inside, bumping against the bows of J his steamer. Then indeed he lost no time in going...his dead for a time, we heard a snarly sort of voice near the bushes by the shore calling out: "'Is that you, governor?' "'Yes, it's me.' "' Jeeminy! I... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 442 pages
...to me. His father seems to have been a crank, and to have upset his head when he was young. He rwas a queer chap. Practically the last words he said to...to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life ! ' l— "As we stood there, just before I left him, for he said he wanted to be alone with his dead... | |
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