that no other direction was possible. And I believed them and
floated with them. And I was carried far; so far that I heard the
roar of the rapids in which I must be shattered, and I saw boats
shattered in them. And I recollected myself. I was long unable to
understand what had happened to me. I saw before me nothing but
destruction, towards which I was rushing and which I feared. I saw
no safety anywhere and did not know what to do; but, looking back,
I perceived innumerable boats which unceasingly and strenuously