...without the great fear of defeat, in a sickly atmosphere of tepid scepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in that of your adversary....it to be. I was within a hair's breadth of the last From this deflated and initiated position, Marlow judges Kurtz: This is the reason why I affirm that...

...without the great fear of defeat, in a sickly atmosphere of tepid skepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in that of your adversary....riddle than some of us think it to be. I was within a hair's-breadth of the last opportunity for pronouncement, and I found with humiliation that probably...

...without the great fear of defeat, in a sickly atmosphere of tepid scepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in that of your adversary....is a greater riddle than some of us think it to be. (Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness) Introduction Heart of Darkness, as even the most cursory of readings...

...he describes as entirely banal, believing that he had gained no wisdom from his descent and return: "I found with humiliation that probably I would have nothing to say." In contrast, he claims that Kurtz was "a remarkable man" because he did have something to say: "He...