“ For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end. ”
Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale (1915). copy citation
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
|---|---|
| Source | Victory: An Island Tale |
| Topic | age illusion |
| Date | 1915 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6378/6378-h/6378-h.htm |
Context
“Her shrinking form, her downcast eyes, when she had to listen to him, cornered at the end of an empty corridor, he regarded as signs of submission to the overpowering force of his will, the recognition of his personal fascinations. For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
It's easy to imagine Schomberg's humiliation, his shocked fury, when he discovered that the girl who had for weeks resisted his attacks, his prayers, and his fiercest protestations, had been snatched from under his nose by”
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