Quotation from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

Marlow's repeated explanation of why Jim's failure troubles him: Jim seemed to share the code of decent seamen.

Citation: "He was ‘one of us" — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Recurring refrain (first in Ch. 5) (1900 first edition). (id lord-jim-q2)

Portrait: Joseph Conrad-remastered to black and white, George Charles Beresford, Public domain.

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