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No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out,

disgust simply does not exist where hunger is; and as to superstition, beliefs, and what you may call principles,
they are less than chaff in a breeze.

It's really easier to face bereavement, dishonour, and the perdition of one's soul—than this kind of prolonged hunger.

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1899.