There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar. Herman Melville Inner Strength , Mountain Eagle , Wisdom And Madness , Perseverance , Wisdom , Strength
Herman Melville’s Quotes On Topics More Herman Melville Quotes “By a curious coincidence, as each point was recalled, the black wizards of Ashantee would strike up with their hatchets, as in ominous comment on the white stranger’s thoughts. Pressed by such enigmas and portents, it would have been almost against nature, had not, even into the least distrustful heart, some ugly misgivings obtruded.” Herman Melville Curious Coincidence , Black Wizards , Ashantee’s Omen , Enigmatic Portents , Distrustful Hearts , Wizards’ Thoughts “Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching countenance of mystery, underlying all the surfaces of visible time and space.” Herman Melville Mystery Face , Infinite Spells , Time Space , Mystery , Spells , Time “While thus employed, the heavy pewter lamp suspended in chains over his head, continually rocked with the motion of the ship, and for ever threw shifting gleams and shadows of lines upon his wrinkled brow, till it almost seemed that while he himself was marking out lines and courses on the wrinkled charts, some invisible pencil was also tracing lines and courses upon the deeply marked chart of his forehead.” Herman Melville Work , Experience , Symbolism , Life’s Path , Reflection , Ship’s Motion
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