There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
HERMAN MELVILLEA whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Only the man who says no is free
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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