In the passage, whitman uses the word to create positive feelings and associations with safety. creeds. sufficed harbor energy

the answer is   harbor.

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The answer to your question is "sufficed". the word itself used by whitman  alludes to completion, sufficiency, adequacy, satisfaction, purpose achievement, success, which in turn could be associated with highly positive feelings of being safe, or being secure. the other choices are far from inducing a sense of safety.

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