Continents Quote by Joseph Conrad

“In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.” quote by Joseph Conrad — Download Open image

“In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.”

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