It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
December 3, 1857: Born in Ukraine and raised in Switzerland, Joseph Conrad didn't become fully fluent in English until his twenties, when he began working as a sailor on British ships. His novels, including Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, draw from the people and places he encountered on his expeditions.
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