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 - 1921Full view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 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..."'Ah. Davidson, woe to the man whose heart has^ not Ipflrnftd whi1e_jaamgJaJ?oj3e^ jojoye— and to pujT Tts^trust. in- life ! ' "As we stood there, just... | |
| 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... | |
| JOSEP CONRAD - 1921 - 534 pages
...had impressed him; but ne confessed that while going back, he began to have his doubts as to their being anything in it. "I steamed into one of those...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... | |
| 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
...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 <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... | |
| 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... | |
| Cornelius Weygandt - English fiction - 1925 - 526 pages
...life for him, and in vain, brought him real living just before life was taken away. His last words, "Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while...to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life," attest Conrad's belief in living just as surely as those other words just quoted from Chance attest... | |
| Joseph Conrad - Abused women - 1921 - 414 pages
...had impressed him; but ne confessed that while going back, he began to have his doubts as to their being anything in it. "I steamed into one of those...to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life !' -J "As we stood there, just before I left him, for he said he wanted to be alone with his dead for... | |
| American essays - 1917 - 958 pages
...of 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...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 fact.... | |
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