Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure..... Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle , and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? β¨ Herman Melville (2012). Moby Dick (Illustrated & Annotated Edition), p.301, Jazzybee Verlag
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