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There is a weird power in a spoken word... And a word carries far—very far—deals… — Joseph Conrad

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There is a weird power in a spoken word... And a word carries far—very far—deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim · 1900
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Conrad, Joseph. "Lord Jim: A Sketch." Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, Oct. 1899-Nov. 1900.

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