Due to the largely proimperialistic audience Conrad was writing for, he had to carefully conceal his criticism so that only the right kind of eye could discover his true meaning. ... To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe. ...

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