Ocupation: Author
Life: December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924
Birthday: December 3
Death: August 3
There is, as every schoolboy knows in this scientific age, a very close chemical relation between coal and diamonds. It is the reason, I believe, why some people allude to coal as "black diamonds." Both these commodities represent wealth; but coal is a much less portable form of property.
source: Joseph Conrad (2016). “Victory”, Joseph Conrad
topic: Book, Believe, People, Black Diamonds