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What do you see? Some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better seaward peep. But these are all landsmen; of week days pent up in lath and plaster—tied to counters, nailed to benches, clinched to desks.
How then is this? Are the green fields gone? What do they here? See the front cover of this book image will open in new tab. The book is Ishmael's narrative of Ahab's obsessive quest for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit Ahab's leg off at the knee.
The text in this Global Grey edition uses the American first edition of Moby Dick, and not the first British edition, which had a lot of revisions, and things taken out such as 'sacrilegious passages' more than words , sexual matters, including the sex life of whales , and remarks 'belittling royalty or implying a criticism of the British' completely excluding chapter When Herman Melville died , The New York Times's obituary mistakenly called his masterpiece "Mobie Dick", and a later article, published on October 6 in the same paper, referred to him as "the late Hiram Melville".
This makes me feel bit sad for him. Last week, around 30, people downloaded books from my site - 9 people donated. I love offering these books for free, but need some support to continue doing so. You don't need an account and it only takes a minute. You can also support it by buying one of the collections. Call me Ishmael. 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.
It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs—commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Its extreme down-town is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land.
Look at the crowds of water-gazers there. Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon. What do you see? Some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better seaward peep.