A wild, mystical, sympathetical feeling was in me; Ahab’s quenchless feud seemed mine. With greedy ear I learned the history of that murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of violence and revenge.
Herman Melville
Mystical Feeling, Ahab’s Feud, Violence And Revenge, Obsession, Violence, Mystical
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“Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.” Herman Melville
One King, Monarchs Violence, Security Over Chaos, Leadership, Security, Violence
Herman Melville One King, Monarchs Violence, Security Over Chaos, Leadership, Security, Violence“The fact is, that among his hunters at least, the whale would by all hands be considered a noble dish, were there not so much of him; but when you come to sit down before a meat-pie nearly one hundred feet long, it takes away your appetite.” Herman Melville
Whale Dish, Noble Feast, Hunters, Appetite, Whale, Meal
Herman Melville Whale Dish, Noble Feast, Hunters, Appetite, Whale, Meal“Doesn’t the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any person wearing mourning for the devil?” Herman Melville
Life And Death, Evil’s Persistence, Eternal Struggle, Mortality, Good And Evil, Existence
Herman Melville Life And Death, Evil’s Persistence, Eternal Struggle, Mortality, Good And Evil, Existence“But even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me, deep down and deep inland there I still bathe me in eternal mildness of joy.” Herman Melville
Tornadoed Being, Mildness Joy, Woe Planets, Being, Joy, Woe
Herman Melville Tornadoed Being, Mildness Joy, Woe Planets, Being, Joy, Woe“A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.” Herman Melville
Military Duty, Monastic Obedience, True Vows, Duty, Obedience, Vows
Herman Melville Military Duty, Monastic Obedience, True Vows, Duty, Obedience, Vows“I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man’s liberty; and that I preserved my own.” Herman Melville
Good Conscience, Preserved Liberty, Testimony Life, Conscience, Liberty, Life
Herman Melville Good Conscience, Preserved Liberty, Testimony Life, Conscience, Liberty, Life“And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.” Herman Melville
Honest Skin, Inner Virtue, External Appearance, Honest, Skin, Virtue
Herman Melville Honest Skin, Inner Virtue, External Appearance, Honest, Skin, Virtue“I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.” Herman Melville
Easiest Life, Youth Conviction, Best Way, Life, Youth, Conviction
Herman Melville Easiest Life, Youth Conviction, Best Way, Life, Youth, Conviction“Squeeze! squeeze! squeeze! all the morning long; I squeezed that sperm till I myself almost melted into it; I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me; and I found myself unwittingly squeezing my co-laborers’ hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules.” Herman Melville
Squeeze, Madness, Labor, Insanity, Work, Obsession
Herman Melville Squeeze, Madness, Labor, Insanity, Work, Obsession“There seems no reason why patriotism and narrowness should go together, or why intellectual fairmindedness should be confounded with political trimming, or why serviceable truth should keep cloistered because not partisan.” Herman Melville
Patriotism Narrowness, Truth Politics, Intellectual Fairness, Truth, Politics, Fairness
Herman Melville Patriotism Narrowness, Truth Politics, Intellectual Fairness, Truth, Politics, Fairness“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.” Herman Melville
Mighty Book, Great Theme, Book, Theme, Mighty, Creation
Herman Melville Mighty Book, Great Theme, Book, Theme, Mighty, Creation“A wild, mystical, sympathetical feeling was in me; Ahab’s quenchless feud seemed mine. With greedy ear I learned the history of that murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of violence and revenge.” Herman Melville
Mystical Feeling, Ahab’s Feud, Violence And Revenge, Obsession, Violence, Mystical
Herman Melville Mystical Feeling, Ahab’s Feud, Violence And Revenge, Obsession, Violence, Mystical“An uncommon prudence is habitual with the subtler depravity, for it has everything to hide.” Herman Melville
Uncommon Prudence, Subtle Depravity, Prudence’s Habit, Hidden Truths, Deceptive Wisdom, Cunning Disguise
Herman Melville Uncommon Prudence, Subtle Depravity, Prudence’s Habit, Hidden Truths, Deceptive Wisdom, Cunning Disguise“A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.” Herman Melville
Beautiful Queen, Mary Stuart, Queen Woman, Queen, Woman, Beauty
Herman Melville Beautiful Queen, Mary Stuart, Queen Woman, Queen, Woman, Beauty“Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?” Herman Melville
Final Harbor, Life’s End, Ultimate Destination, Mortality, Harbor, Destiny
Herman Melville Final Harbor, Life’s End, Ultimate Destination, Mortality, Harbor, Destiny“For the most part, in this tropic whaling life, a sublime uneventfulness invests you; you hear no news; read no gazettes; extras with startling accounts of commonplaces never delude you into unnecessary excitements.” Herman Melville
Whaling Life, Uneventful Peace, Sublime Calm, Life, Peace, Calm
Herman Melville Whaling Life, Uneventful Peace, Sublime Calm, Life, Peace, Calm“That unblinkingly vivid Japanese sun seems the blazing focus of the glassy ocean’s immeasurable burning-glass.” Herman Melville
Japanese Sun, Blazing Ocean, Burning Focus, Sun, Ocean, Focus
Herman Melville Japanese Sun, Blazing Ocean, Burning Focus, Sun, Ocean, Focus“But it is a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky; and the air smells now, as if it blew from a far-away meadow; they have been making hay somewhere under the slopes of the Andes, Starbuck, and the mowers are sleeping among the new-mown hay. Sleeping?” Herman Melville
Mild Wind, Gentle Breeze, Sleeping Hay, Andean Air, Quiet Sky, Peaceful Winds
Herman Melville Mild Wind, Gentle Breeze, Sleeping Hay, Andean Air, Quiet Sky, Peaceful Winds