Author: | Joseph Conrad | ISBN: | 9788892557826 |
Publisher: | Joseph Conrad | Publication: | February 24, 2016 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Joseph Conrad |
ISBN: | 9788892557826 |
Publisher: | Joseph Conrad |
Publication: | February 24, 2016 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
We knew him in those unprotected days when we were content to hold in our hands our lives and our property. None of us, I believe, has any property now, and I hear that many, negligently, have lost their lives; but I am sure that the few who survive are not yet so dim-eyed as to miss in the befogged respectability of their newspapers the intelligence of various native risings in the Eastern Archipelago.
We knew him in those unprotected days when we were content to hold in our hands our lives and our property. None of us, I believe, has any property now, and I hear that many, negligently, have lost their lives; but I am sure that the few who survive are not yet so dim-eyed as to miss in the befogged respectability of their newspapers the intelligence of various native risings in the Eastern Archipelago.