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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.Read in Books4Free →
Critique of Imperialism
From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Marlow's famous early speech distinguishing brute conquest from imperialism redeemed by 'an idea' — a passage central to debates about Conrad's politics.
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What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it... an unselfish belief in the idea—something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to.Read in Books4Free →
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The French man-of-war 'firing into a continent' — absurd, futile imperial violence.
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