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“the dashing waves were around: the cloudy sky above me; the fiend was not here: a sense of security, a feeling that a truce was established between the present hour and the irresistible, disastrous future, imparted to me a kind of calm forgetfulness, of which the human mind by its structure peculiarly susceptible.” quote on pg. 136 - makes the reader questions about human nature - seeking comfort in the unknown