Joseph Conrad Quote

The future is of our own making — and (for me) the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development, that maturing of our consciousness which should open our eyes to that truth.


letter to H. G. Wells written in February 1902, published in Frederick R Karl and Laurence Davies, eds., The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, vol. 2, p. 509


The future is of our own making — and (for me) the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development, that maturing of our...

The future is of our own making — and (for me) the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development, that maturing of our...

The future is of our own making — and (for me) the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development, that maturing of our...

The future is of our own making — and (for me) the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development, that maturing of our...