...t of success, is but the regard for one’s own dignity which is inseparably united with the dignity of one’s work. And then—it is very difficult to be ... ...ut at that moment the mood of visions and words was cut short by the third officer, a cheerful and casual youth, coming in with a bang of the door and... ... I was not even wanted there in the usual sense in which a ship “wants” an officer. It was the first and last instance in my sea life when I served sh... ...certain special advantages—and so on. I told him that if I came at all the rank really did not matter. “I am sure,” he insisted, “you will get on firs... ...thers that feeling of peace which was not her own. It was only later, when united at last with the man of her choice, that she devel- oped those uncom... ...nner practised to this day in Europe and even was unwilling to display the insignia on festive occasions, as though he wished to conceal them in the f... ...first-rate tactical instrument. Polish peasantry (not serfs) served in the ranks by enlistment, and the officers belonged mainly to the smaller nobili... ...nity of observ- ing was the boarding of ships at sea, at all times, in all states of the weather. They gave it to me to the full. And I have been invi... ... with the last of the French Bourbons. “I preserved it from the time of my navy service,” he ex- plained, nodding rapidly his frail, vulture-like head...

Excerpt: A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad.

...t of success, is but the regard for one’s own dignity which is inseparably united with the dignity of one’s work. And then—it is very difficult to be ... ...ut at that moment the mood of visions and words was cut short by the third officer, a cheerful and ca- sual youth, coming in with a bang of the door a... ... I was not even wanted there in the usual sense in which a ship “wants” an officer. It was the first and last instance in my sea life when I served sh... ...certain special advantages—and so on. I told him that if I came at all the rank really did not matter. 19 Joseph Conrad “I am sure,” he insisted, “yo... ...thers that feeling of peace which was not her own. It was only later, when united at last with the man of her choice that she developed those uncommon... ...nner practised to this day in Europe and even was unwilling to display the insignia on festive oc- 50 Some Reminiscences casions, as though he wished... ...first-rate tactical instrument. Polish peasantry (not serfs) served in the ranks by enlist- ment, and the officers belonged mainly to the smaller nobi... ...tunity of observing was the boarding of ships at sea, at all times, in all states of the weather. They gave it to me to the full. And I have been invi... ... with the last of the French Bourbons. “I preserved it from the time of my Navy Service,” he explained, nodding rapidly his frail, vulture-like head. ...

Excerpt: Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad.

...ich was very often on his lips, “We never make mistakes.” To the Company’s officers it took the form of a severe injunction, “We must make no mistakes... ... a youth he had deserted from a ship trading to La Plata, to enlist in the navy of Montevideo, then under the command of Garibaldi. Afterwards, in the... ...ith his negroes at the fording of the Boyana. He, Giorgio, had reached the rank of ensign-alferez-and cooked for the general. Later, in Italy, he, wit... ...ed glow of embers. “I shall see Holroyd himself on my way back through the States,” said Sir John. “I’ve ascertained that he, too, wants the railway.”... ...siness of living. Don Jose Avellanos, their neighbour across the street, a statesman, a poet, a man of culture, who had rep- resented his country at s... ...ed backwards and forwards in a rocking-chair of the sort exported from the United States. The ceiling of the largest drawing-room of the Casa Gould ex... ...xactions of successive governments, nor the periodical raids of recruiting officers upon the population of paid miners they had created, could discour... ..., with my dear mother, for a whole year, while poor father was away in the United States on business. You shall be the new mis- tress of the Casa Goul... ... The O.S.N. Company found much occupation for its fleet. Costaguana had no navy, and, apart from a few coastguard cutters, there were no national ship...

Excerpt: Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad.