"What did I fear, and why? - I, to whom the night had beena more familiar facethan that of man -I, in whom that element of hereditary superstition from which none of us is altogether free had given to solitude and darkness and silence only a more alluring interest and charm!"

Psychology, Fear, Night, Superstition, Solitude

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"What did I fear, and why? - I, to whom the night had beena more familiar facethan that of man -I, in whom that element of hereditary superstition from which none of us is altogether free had given to solitude and darkness and silence only a more alluring interest and charm!"

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