Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows. - Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad: "Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows."

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Alone	Aware	Common	Crushing
Dangerous	Dangers	Defeats	During
Eclipse	Element	Encounter	Eyes
Fellows	Forces	Having	Human
Littleness	Most	Natural	Paralysing
Period	Physical	Really	Sense
Singlehanded	Struggling	Them

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