From the tiniest particle to the largest star, the worst that we can do with the fruits of such knowledge is kill ourselves, and we have all but grown used to that. ... Africa seems to hold to the reputation it is given by the mad assortment of characters that Marlow met in Europe, and all manners of nonsensical, feverish dramas play themselves out before his eyes. ... Having spent so much time relating with Kurtz makes this revelation all the more bitter to bear, and Marlow is faced with the knowledge that evil could have always been closer than he had thought, always peeking around not fro...

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