他试图“为一场完全混乱的冲突”寻找“一个合理的解释”，拒绝回到像约瑟夫·康拉德的《黑暗的心》中所描述的恣意的野蛮这般简单的答案。

He seeks "a rational explanation for a truly chaotic conflict" and refuses to fall back on easy answers like the wanton savagery of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".

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正如几年之前约瑟夫∙康拉德所写的那样，“愚者可以驾船航行，但只有智者才知道缩短航程。”

And as Joseph Conrad wrote years ago, "Any fool can carry on, but only the wise man knows how to shorten sail."

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——库茨对马洛说，约瑟夫·康拉德《黑暗之心》(Heart of Darkness)。

Kurtz to Marlow in Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness.

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