“ Sometimes it seems to me that man is come where he is not wanted, where there is no place for him ”
Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim (1900). copy citation
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
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| Source | Lord Jim |
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| Date | 1900 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5658/5658-h/5658-h.htm |
Context
“I observed cheerfully. “Masterpiece! And what of man?”
‘“Man is amazing, but he is not a masterpiece,” he said, keeping his eyes fixed on the glass case. “Perhaps the artist was a little mad. Eh? What do you think? Sometimes it seems to me that man is come where he is not wanted, where there is no place for him; for if not, why should he want all the place? Why should he run about here and there making a great noise about himself, talking about the stars, disturbing the blades of grass? . . .”
‘“Catching butterflies,””
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