But it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning i…

Joseph Conrad
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But it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! ✨ Heart of Darkness and Other Stories.
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But it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! ✨ Heart of Darkness and Other Stories.

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