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  1. Joseph Conrad _ The Secret Sharer

    Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions.
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  2. Joseph Conrad _ The Secret Sharer

    Walking to the taffrail, I was in time to make out, on the very edge of a darkness thrown by a towering black mass like the very gateway of Erebus-yes, I was in time to catch an evanescent glimpse of my white hat left behind to mark the spot where the secret sharer of my cabin and of my thoughts, as though he were my second self, had lowered himself into the water to take his punishment: a free man, a proud swimmer striking out for a new destiny
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  3. Joseph Conrad _ The Secret Sharer

    Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions.""Nice little saloon, isn't it" I said, as if noticing it for the first time."At noon I gave no orders for change of course, and the mates whiskers grew much concerned and seemed to be offering themselves to my unduly notice.
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