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Is it not significant that Lord Byron found a strange peace of mind during the couple of months he spent daily visiting the Armenian Monastery on the Venetian island of San Lazzaro? His life had been tempestuous, his emotions elated and depressed by turns, but here he was, in his own words " contented . . . the most difficult attainment."

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 1 : Take Intermittent Pauses > # 197