There is a weird power in a spoken word. — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
There is a weird power in a spoken word. — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
There is a weird power in a spoken word. — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
There is a weird power in a spoken word. — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
There is a weird power in a spoken word. — Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
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There is a weird power in a spoken word.

— Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
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