...the gratification of his various lusts, that there was something wanting in him — some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be...him a terrible vengeance for the fantastic invasion. It had tempted him with all the sinister suggestions of its loneliness. I think it had whispered to...

...gratification of his various lusts, that there was sometiling wanting in him — some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be...to him at last — only at the very last. But the wilder- ; ness had found him out early, and had taken on him a terrible vengeance for the fantastic...

...various"'lusts-. that there was something wanting in him—some small matter~wliicll, when Lhe pTessing'need arose, could not be found under his magnificent eloquence....I can't say. I think the knowledge came to him at last—only at the very last. (But the wilderness had found him out earlv, and had i utken on him ajterrible...

...the gratification of his various lusts, that there was something wanting In him — some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be...him a terrible vengeance for the fantastic Invasion. It had tempted him with all the sinister suggestions of its loneliness. 1 think it had whispered to...

...the gratification of his various lusts, that there was something wanting in him — some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be...under his magnificent eloquence. Whether he knew of his deficiency himself I can't say. I think the knowledge came to him at last — only at the very...

...all his alienation, he feels he cannot share: 'there was something wanting in him - some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be found under his magnificant eloquence' (p. 97). While Kurtz's gestures are outward-looking- he is trader, journalist,...

...way the wilderness has triumphed over the white man's conquest, singling out the apostle of light: "the wilderness had found him out early, and had taken...him a terrible vengeance for the fantastic invasion" (131). The chilling glimpses of the appeal he thought he had heard during the voyage find confirmation...

...the gratification of his various lusts . . . there was something wanting in him — some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be found under his magnificent eloquence." Earlier in his narration, Marlow seems to be preparing to excuse Kurtz; he asserts that the "idea"...

...eloquence" (75). Marlow goes on to insist that "there was something wanting in him— some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be found under his magnificent eloquence" (58). In Heart of Darkness, then, narrative eloquence signifies not disclosure but duplicity: it conceals...

...the gratification of his various lusts, that there was something wanting in him — some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be found under his magnificent eloquence' (HD 57). Lombroso often compared the criminal with the child, and found both to be, in effect, little...