The man up there raged aloud in two languages, and with a sincerity in his fury that almost convinced me I had, in some way, sinned against the harmony of the universe

Joseph Conrad
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The man up there raged aloud in two languages, and with a sincerity in his fury that almost convinced me I had, in some way, sinned against the harmony of the universe. This quote is from The Odyssey by Homer. It means that sometimes people are so focused on how they are feeling that they are letting their emotions take over. When this happens, they are not thinking clearly.

They are not focused on why they are upset or what to do to fix things. Instead, they simply let their emotions rule them. The words above mean that when people are too emotional about something, it can convince them that they have done something wrong to the universe.

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