fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset. And that harpoon — so like a corkscrew now — was flung - Herman Melville

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fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset. And that harpoon — so like a corkscrew now — was flung

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About Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.

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Alternative Names: Hermann Melville Herman Melvill
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وكلما ازددتُ تأملا في هذا الذنـَب الجبار زاد أسفي لعجزي عن وصفه. فله في بعض الأحيان حركات وإيماءات صوفية لا تـُفسًّر، وإن الحوت حقا يتحدث بهذه الوسائل إلى الكون في ذكاء وفطنة. وحركات الحوت كلها حافلة بالغرابة، فكيفما أخذتـُه بالتحليل والتشريح لم أتجاوز في العمق سُمك بشرته! فأنا أجهله وسأظل أجهله أبدا. وإذا لم أعرف حتى ذنـَبه فكيف أفهم رأسه؟ ثم – وهذا أبلغ – كيف أدرك وجهه حين لا يكون له وجه؟ ويبدو لي أنه يقول: سترى أجزائي الخلفية، سترى ذنـَبي، أما وجهي فلن تراه! ولكني لا أستطيع أن أستبين أجزاءه الخلفية تمام الاستبانة، ومهما يقل هو عن وجهه فإني أقول ثانية أنه لا وجه له.

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