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Conrad on Betrayal
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Betray: a great word. What is betrayal? They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart….All a man can betray is his conscience. And how is my conscience engaged here; by what bond of common faith, of common conviction, am I obliged to let that fanatical idiot drag me down with him? On the contrary–every obligation of true courage is the other way.
–Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes p. 25 (1911)
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