“ The worst is that the manner of exploding is always the weak point with us. ”
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent (1907). copy citation
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
|---|---|
| Source | The Secret Agent |
| Topic | exploding |
| Date | 1907 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/974/974-h/974-h.htm |
Context
““Twenty seconds! Horrors! You mean to say that you could face that? I should go crazy—”
“Wouldn’t matter if you did. Of course, it’s the weak point of this special system, which is only for my own use. The worst is that the manner of exploding is always the weak point with us. I am trying to invent a detonator that would adjust itself to all conditions of action, and even to unexpected changes of conditions. A variable and yet perfectly precise mechanism. A really intelligent detonator.””
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