“Every mental state, even madness, has its equilibrium based on self esteem. Its disturbance causes unhappiness; and Captain Hagberd lived amongst a scheme of settled notions which it pained him to feel disturbed by people’s grins. Yes, people’s grins were awful. They hinted at something wrong, but what? He could not tell; and this stranger was obviously grinning-had come on purpose to grin. It was bad enough on the streets, but he had never been outraged like this.”
Joseph Conrad, “Tomorrow”, 1902.
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