Then they were all standing and applauding, yeah, they were giving him a fucking standing O, and in their faces he saw what every poet or would-be poet hopes to see when he or she finished reading: the faces of people suddenly awakened from a dream brighter than any reality.

Somehow they felt they were living in a moment when history pauses and takes stock and changes course.

Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book.

He applied himself to that pastime with great industry,

Written By Joseph Conrad

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