When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the "big canoe" of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the vipers whose sting is destined to poison all their joys; and the instinctive feeling of love within their breasts is soon converted into the bitterest hate.
For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that pe… - Herman Melville
For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that pe…
- Herman Melville
Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean's noblest traits... they are swe… - Herman Melville
Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean's noblest traits... they are swe…
...The silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight. - Herman Melville
...The silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight.
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity. - Herman Melville
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
Only the man who says no is free - Herman Melville
Only the man who says no is free
Ignorance is the father of all fear. - Herman Melville
Ignorance is the father of all fear.
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. - Herman Melville
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. - Herman Melville
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
The eyes are the gateway to the soul. - Herman Melville
The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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