The ship moved so smoothly that her onward motion was imperceptible to the senses of men, as though she had been a crowded planet speeding through the dark spaces of ether behind the swarm of suns, in the appalling and calm solitudes awaiting the breath of future creations. `Hot is no name for it down below,’ said a voice.
![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim-1.jpg?w=613)
There was a fierce purpose in the gale, a furious earnestness in the screech of the wind, in the brutal tumult of earth and sky![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim1.jpg?w=613)
that seemed directed at him, and made him hold his breath in awe.
![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim.jpg?w=613)
It is when we try to grapple with another man’s intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible,![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim-3.jpg?w=613)
wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun
![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim-1.jpg?w=613)
There was a fierce purpose in the gale, a furious earnestness in the screech of the wind, in the brutal tumult of earth and sky
![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim1.jpg?w=613)
that seemed directed at him, and made him hold his breath in awe.
![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim.jpg?w=613)
It is when we try to grapple with another man’s intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible,
![](https://i0.wp.com/i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/panotea/lord-jim-3.jpg?w=613)
wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun