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For there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence.

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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