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You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
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Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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