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I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one.

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
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Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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