"Chief among my motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself."

"And yet, it's a noble and heroic thing, the wind! Who ever conquered it? In every fight it has the last and bitterest blow. Run tilting...

"For when three days flow together in one continuous intense pursuit; be sure the first is the morning, the second the noon, and the...

"Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream. There is...

"With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship."

"It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan."

"The drama's done. Why then does any one step forth? - Because one did survive the wreck."

"And I only am escaped alone to tell thee."

"Thus, I give up the spear!"

"Towards thee I roll, thou all destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for...