In this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, which phrase reflects the theme that nature is indifferent to the troubles of man?
There is a certain immovable quality to a shore, and the correspondent wondered at it amid the confusion of the sea.
It seemed also very attractive, but the correspondent knew that it was a long journey, and he paddled leisurely. The plece of life preserver lay
under him, and sometimes he whirled down the incline of a wave as if he were on a hand sled.