Like a beautiful and unscrupulous woman, the sea of the past was glorious in its smiles, irresistible in its anger, capricious, enticing, illogical, irresponsible; a thing to love, a thing to fear. An outcast of the islands - Page 12by Joseph Conrad - 1924Full view - About this book
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...once mated with the "strong men" of the past, has been prostituted to modern commerce and technology: Like a beautiful and unscrupulous woman, the sea of the past was glorious. ... It cast a spell ... its cruelty was redeemed by the charm of its inscrutable mystery, by the immensity... | |
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