An archive of printed words which have somehow struck a chord in me
2 Jan 2010
To think's audacity. God only has that right and privilege. Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
Herman Melville, Moby Dick (Laurel Press, 1987) p. 384 Originally published in 1851
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