Like Evil or Truth

“And outside, the silent wilderness surrounding this cleared speck on the earth struck me as something great and invincible, like evil or truth, waiting patiently for the passing away of this fantastic invasion.” (Conrad 32).

In this passage, Marlow is expressing wonder at the sublime, in the greatness of nature. He describes it as something bigger, more omnipotent, than the people passing through it, “like evil or truth.”