Zeal is not of necessity religion, neither is it always of the same essence with poetry or patriotism.
Herman Melville
Zeal Religion, Poetic Essence, Patriot Zeal, Religion, Poetry, Patriot
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“Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers have been abused.” Herman Melville
Human Powers, Power Abuse, Nature’s Gifts, Power, Abuse, Humanity
Herman Melville Human Powers, Power Abuse, Nature’s Gifts, Power, Abuse, Humanity“Queequeg explained to me that his world was very different from ours. However, one thing he learned quickly, was that within all groups of people there are kind men and there are unkind men.” Herman Melville
Cultural Differences, Kindness And Cruelty, Human Nature, Life Lessons, Diversity, Empathy
Herman Melville Cultural Differences, Kindness And Cruelty, Human Nature, Life Lessons, Diversity, Empathy“Some years ago – never mind how long precisely – having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.” Herman Melville
Adventure, Travel, Exploration, Journey, Curiosity, Freedom
Herman Melville Adventure, Travel, Exploration, Journey, Curiosity, Freedom“The American, who up to the present day, has evinced, in Literature, the largest brain with the largest heart, that man is Nathaniel Hawthorne.” Herman Melville
American Literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Largest Brain, Literature, Brain, Heart
Herman Melville American Literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Largest Brain, Literature, Brain, Heart“Father Mapple uplifted his closed eyes, and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed to be kneeling at the bottom of the sea.” Herman Melville
Deep Prayer, Spiritual Depths, Devout Moments, Father, Mapple, Prayer
Herman Melville Deep Prayer, Spiritual Depths, Devout Moments, Father, Mapple, Prayer“I leave a white and turbid wake; pale waters, paler cheeks, where’er I sail. The envious billows sidelong swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass.” Herman Melville
Turbid Wake, Envious Billows, Pale Waters, Wake, Billows, Pale
Herman Melville Turbid Wake, Envious Billows, Pale Waters, Wake, Billows, Pale“Many sensible things banished from high life find an asylum among the mob.” Herman Melville
Banished Sensibility, High Life, Mob Asylum, Sensibility, Life, Mob
Herman Melville Banished Sensibility, High Life, Mob Asylum, Sensibility, Life, Mob“There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.” Herman Melville
Mystery Sea, Hidden Soul, Awful Beauty, Mystery, Sea, Stirring
Herman Melville Mystery Sea, Hidden Soul, Awful Beauty, Mystery, Sea, Stirring“Oh! the metempsychosis! Oh! Pythagoras, that in bright Greece, two thousand years ago, did die, so good, so wise, so mild; I sailed with thee along the Peruvian coast last voyage – and, foolish as I am, taught thee, a green simple boy, how to splice a rope.” Herman Melville
Metempsychosis, Pythagoras’ Soul, Life After Death, Soul’s Journey, Ancient Wisdom, Spiritual Journey
Herman Melville Metempsychosis, Pythagoras’ Soul, Life After Death, Soul’s Journey, Ancient Wisdom, Spiritual Journey“From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.” Herman Melville
Ahab’s Grief, Personal Loss, Emotional Depth, Tragedy, Sea, Wealth
Herman Melville Ahab’s Grief, Personal Loss, Emotional Depth, Tragedy, Sea, Wealth“Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.” Herman Melville
Rainbow Colors, Sanity Insanity, Color Difference, Rainbow, Sanity, Colors
Herman Melville Rainbow Colors, Sanity Insanity, Color Difference, Rainbow, Sanity, Colors“All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event – in the living act, the undoubted deed – there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask.” Herman Melville
Appearance Vs Reality, Life’s Purpose, Human Nature, Unknown Forces, Events And Deeds, Philosophy
Herman Melville Appearance Vs Reality, Life’s Purpose, Human Nature, Unknown Forces, Events And Deeds, Philosophy“Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it.” Herman Melville
Soul’s Origin, Orphaned Souls, Life’s Secrets, Philosophy, Orphans, Knowledge
Herman Melville Soul’s Origin, Orphaned Souls, Life’s Secrets, Philosophy, Orphans, Knowledge“True Work is the necessity of poor humanity’s earthly condition. The dignity is in leisure. Besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked.” Herman Melville
Work Wisdom, Dignified Leisure, Humanity’s Struggles, Work, Humanity, Leisure
Herman Melville Work Wisdom, Dignified Leisure, Humanity’s Struggles, Work, Humanity, Leisure“The lightning-rod man still dwells in the land; still travels in storm-time, and drives a brave trade with the fear of man.” Herman Melville
Fear, Lightning-rod, Risk, Storm, Courage, Trade
Herman Melville Fear, Lightning-rod, Risk, Storm, Courage, Trade“Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.” Herman Melville
Top-Heavy Ship, Dinnerless Student, Aristotle’s Influence, Philosophy, Ship, Knowledge
Herman Melville Top-Heavy Ship, Dinnerless Student, Aristotle’s Influence, Philosophy, Ship, Knowledge“The dinner-hour is the summer of the day: full of sunshine, I grant; but not like the mellow autumn of supper.” Herman Melville
Dinner Hour, Day’s Summer, Supper Autumn, Food, Time, Seasons
Herman Melville Dinner Hour, Day’s Summer, Supper Autumn, Food, Time, Seasons“Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?” Herman Melville
Nature’s Principle, Loss Understanding, Quality Realization, Nature, Quality, Loss
Herman Melville Nature’s Principle, Loss Understanding, Quality Realization, Nature, Quality, Loss