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These round knobs were not ornamental but symbolic... they only showed that Mr. Kurtz lacked restraint in the gratification of his various lusts.Read in Books4Free →
The Heads on Stakes
From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The shocking discovery that the ornamental posts around Kurtz's house are topped with human heads — visual evidence of his total moral collapse.
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Allusions to 'unspeakable rites' and 'gratification of monstrous passions' over which Kurtz presided.
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