Joseph Conrad quote about strength from Lord Jim - Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work; and Brown, as though he had been really great, had a satanic gift of finding out the best and the weakest spot in his victims.
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“ Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work; and Brown, as though he had been really great, had a satanic gift of finding out the best and the weakest spot in his victims. ”
 Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim (1900). copy citation

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Author Joseph Conrad
Source Lord Jim
Topic strength weakness detecting
Date 1900
Language English
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Joseph Conrad quote about strength from Lord Jim - Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work; and Brown, as though he had been really great, had a satanic gift of finding out the best and the weakest spot in his victims.
Joseph Conrad quote about strength from Lord Jim - Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work; and Brown, as though he had been really great, had a satanic gift of finding out the best and the weakest spot in his victims.