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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: ious, deadened abstraction, a commingling of
romantic reverie with a very practical survey of
my qualifications. For the time was approaching
for me to behold my command and to prove my
worth in the ultimate test of my profession.
Suddenly I heard myself called by that imbe-
cile. He was beckoning me to come up on his
bridge.
I didn't care very much for that, but as it
seemed that he had something particular to say I
went up the ladder.
The Shadow Line | 
