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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

Joseph Conrad

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