Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of Life and Death. Methinks that what they call my shadow here on earth is my true substance. Methinks that in looking at things spiritual, we are too much like oysters observing the sun through the water, and thinking that thick water the thinnest of air. Me thinks my body is but the lees of my better being. In fact take my body who will, take it I say, it is not me.
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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