 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 394 pages
...on a great scale, and men going at it blind — as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...only. An idea at the back of it ; not a sentimental pretense but an idea ; and an unselfish belief in the idea — something you can set up, and bow down... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...en a great scale, and men going at it blind — as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretense but an idea; and an unselfish belief in the idea. • — something you can set up, and bow... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 398 pages
...a great scale, and men going at it blind • — as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...you look into it too much. What redeems it is the '•iea only. An idea at the back of it ; not a sentimental •retense but an idea; and an unselfish... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 368 pages
...on a great scale, and men going at it blind — as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...sentimental pretence but an idea; and an unselfish belief in/the idea — something you can set up, and bow down bfefore, and offer a sacrifice to. . . ." He... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 360 pages
...on a great scale, and men going at blind—as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. '^TRe conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking...complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is rot a pretty thing when you look into it too much.J What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the... | |
 | N J Loftis - 1973 - 132 pages
...The narrator and surrogate for the author in Conrad's stories. In The Heart of Darkness Marlowe says: The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...only. An idea at the back of it, not a sentimental belief in the idea — something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to. ...... | |
 | Jacques Berthoud - 1978 - 204 pages
...become redemptive labour is now reduced to a merely mechanical means of survival. Taken all in all, 'the conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it much.' The imperialist is obviously even more in need of justification than the merchant seaman. But... | |
 | Ian Watt - 1981 - 400 pages
...king" [HDN, 7]) and thus gave a more universal implication to Marlow's judgment immediately following: "The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...not a pretty thing when you look into it too much" (50-51). But when Marlow observes a map in the company's waiting room, he comments: "There was a vast... | |
 | Robert Patch - 2002 - 276 pages
...had declared bankruptcy. Such were the risks of being a royal official in Spanish America. Conclusion The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the...not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. — Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Revolts are common occurrences in history. Revolutions are not.... | |
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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. 
