Mr. Kurtz

Conrad wrote a cautionary tale about a talented white man known as Mr. Kurtz who goes native and emerges as the leader of some natives who have become his followers in King Leopold's atrocious Congo empire.

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An Obama campaign email to supporters called Mr. Kurtz a "slimy character assassin" whose "divisive, destructive ranting" should be confronted.

Obama Should Come Clean 2008

In an e-mail to supporters, the Obama campaign called Mr. Kurtz a "slimy character assassin" whose

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And said he, 'Mr. Kurtz's knowledge of unexplored regions must have been necessarily extensive and peculiar -- owing to his great abilities and to the deplorable circumstances in which he had been placed: therefore --' I assured him Mr. Kurtz's knowledge, however extensive, did not bear upon the problems of commerce or administration.

Heart of Darkness 1902

And, said he, 'Mr. Kurtz's knowledge of unexplored regions must have been necessarily extensive and peculiar -- owing to his great abilities and to the deplorable circumstances in which he had been placed: therefore' -- I assured him Mr. Kurtz's knowledge, however extensive, did not bear upon the problems of commerce or administration.

Youth And Two Other Stories 1899

And, said he, 'Mr. Kurtz's knowledge of unexplored regions must have been necessarily extensive and peculiar -- owing to his great abilities and to the deplorable circumstances in which he had been placed: therefore' -- I assured him Mr. Kurtz's knowledge, however extensive, did not bear upon the problems of commerce or administration.

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1890

And said he, 'Mr. Kurtz's knowledge of unexplored regions must have been necessarily extensive and peculiar -- owing to his great abilities and to the deplorable circumstances in which he had been placed: therefore --' I assured him

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1890

Ben Venue's Mr. Kurtz said the company immediately began an investigation of the container, which he called an "isolated incident," and reported the incident to the police.

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Nomura's Mr. Kurtz added that markets like South Korea and Taiwan, which foreign investors have fled in droves, could be the first to benefit when investors regain their appetite for risk.

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Dr. Swenson is the book's standout character—part Dr. Livingstone and part Mr. Kurtz, she is both a tyrannical "kingpin" and a dogged idealist, an uncontested ruler of a place that Marina calls "the beating heart of nowhere."

Overseas and On Edge 2011