You still believe in something, then?" he said in a clear voice, which had been growing feeble of late. "You believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise... Victory - Page 174by Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...you, too, if you are anything, are as pitiful as the Test, yet never expecting any pity for yourself." "What is one to do, then?" sighed the young man,... | |
| JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...contempt which is called pity. It is perhaps the least difficult—always remembering that you, too, if you are anything, are as pitiful as the rest, yet... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...regarding his father, rigid in the high-backed chair. "Look on — make no sound," were the last words of the man who had spent his life in blowing blasts... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...contempt which is called pity. It is perhaps the least difficult—always remembering that you, too, if you are anything, are as pitiful as the rest, yet... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 442 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...regarding his father, rigid in the high-backed chair. "Look on — make no sound," were the last words of the man who haohspent his life in blowing blasts... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 442 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...regarding his father, rigid in the high-backed chair. - "Look on — make no sound," were the last words of the man who had spent his life in blowing blasts... | |
| Wilson Follett - 1915 - 136 pages
...solution of everything, his ultimate wisdom. "But since you have not attained to it," he told the son, "I advise you to cultivate that form of contempt which is called pity . . . Look on—make no sound." In pursuance of which formula, Axel Heyst lives most of his days seeing... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 432 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...regarding his father, rigid in the high-backed chair. "Look on — make no sound," were the last words of the man who had spent his life in blowing blasts... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...believe in flesh and blood, perhaps? A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too. But since you have not attained to it, I advise you...you, too, if you are anything, are as pitiful as the lest, yet never expecting any pity for yourself." "What is one to do, then?" sighed the young man,... | |
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