EULOGY? The essay was a warning. A eulogy is for the dead. The formula was dead to him.
– The last word of his final published essay before disappearing: "Progress without memory is just a eulogy for the future." Poetic. But was it literal? 8 digit wordlist
– From a poem he wrote at 16 about the ocean floor. Silas had a phobia of the deep sea. Would he use his fear as a key? EULOGY