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Joseph Conrad is the only accurate historian Naipaul finds, and his fiction is the subject of the fourth essay, "Conrad's Darkness." He offers Naipaul solidity: well-considered ideas that have been tested, conclusions which Naipaul can trace to their roots. His writing is a welcome change from the rhetorical...
So, despite the disconcerting delay and the darkness, the Black and White turned in an impressive performance which bodes well for future regattas.
Darkness
On the shore, a sparse but loyal gathering, some outfitted in sweatsuits, but most in parkas, squinted into the rapidly encroaching darkness, trying to discern the silhouettes.
To calm the spirit, Byron suggested, apply "rum and true religion." Alas for Georgian simplicities. The rum has turned to water, the religion to immersion. Relentlessly, Americans have sought spiritual calm in steam baths, saunas, Jacuzzi whirlpools and hot tubs. Now, in the quest for tranquillity, some of them are...