Identify places in this paragraph where Douglass uses contrast to build his argument. What is the effect of choices of words in this paragraph on the audience?

Which sentence from exploring the titanic best indicates the author’s enthusiastic tone at the end of the passage? now, finally, i went to my bunk to get some sleep. when i awoke, it was nighttime, and the good ship knorr was steaming quietly and steadily to our home. they had paid a big price over the years during my long months away from home, but they’d never once complained. as we came into port, i couldn’t believe my eyes.

There is nothing miniscule about our --let alone our universe.

Does wealth play a part in politics? why or why not?