Conrad's heroes are not contemplatives. Although most are obsessed by the dream and by their habit of "idealizing every simple feeling", their object is not, at least initially, to create a fantasy world in which mind exists unto itself.
In the final analysis, the aim of these characters is always to perform some concrete action in the world, an action which will bring the dream to reality.
The men of this time have a natural control of themselves and of their environment so, they are able to live in…
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