From "The Ship" “How now in the contemplative evening of his days, the pious Bildad reconciled these things in the reminiscence, I do not...

The Nightgown “Because truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is...

From The Sermon: "I leave eternity to Thee; for what is man that he should live out the lifetime of his God?" Musing: Father Mapple...

From The Pulpit "Father Mapple was in the hardy winter of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging into a second...

From The Chapel "How it is that we still refuse to be comforted for those who we nevertheless maintain are dwelling in unspeakable bliss;...

From The Spouter-Inn "What’s all this fuss I have been making about, thought I to myself—the man’s a human being just as I am: he has...

From The Spouter-Inn "Projecting from the further angle of the room stands a dark-looking den—the bar—a rude attempt at a right whale’s...

From Loomings: "I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts....