Loomings

           CallmeIshmael. Someyearsago—nevermindhowlongprecisely—havinglittleornomoneyinmypurse, andnothingparticulartointerestmeonshore, IthoughtIwouldsailaboutalittleandseethewaterypartoftheworld. ItisawayIhaveofdrivingoffthespleenandregulatingthecirculation. WheneverIfindmyselfgrowinggrimaboutthemouth; wheneveritisadamp,drizzlyNovemberinmysoul; wheneverIfindmyselfinvoluntarilypausingbeforecoffinwarehouses, andbringinguptherearofeveryfuneralImeet; andespeciallywhenevermyhyposgetsuchanupperhandofme, thatitrequiresastrongmoralprincipletopreventmefromdeliberatelysteppingintothestreet, andmethodicallyknockingpeople’shatsoff —then,IaccountithightimetogettoseaassoonasIcan. Thisismysubstituteforpistolandball. WithaphilosophicalflourishCatothrowshimselfuponhissword; Iquietlytaketotheship. Thereisnothingsurprisinginthis. Iftheybutknewit,almostallmenintheirdegree,sometimeorother, cherishverynearlythesamefeelingstowardstheoceanwithme. 

           TherenowisyourinsularcityoftheManhattoes, beltedroundbywharvesasIndianislesbycoralreefs—commercesurroundsitwithhersurf. Rightandleft,thestreetstakeyouwaterward. Itsextremedowntownisthebattery, wherethatnoblemoleiswashedbywaves,andcooledbybreezes, whichafewhourspreviouswereoutofsightofland. Lookatthecrowdsofwater-gazersthere. 

           CircumambulatethecityofadreamySabbathafternoon. GofromCorlearsHooktoCoentiesSlip, andfromthence,byWhitehall,northward. Whatdoyousee? —Postedlikesilentsentinelsallaroundthetown, standthousandsuponthousandsofmortalmenfixedinoceanreveries. Someleaningagainstthespiles; someseateduponthepier-heads; somelookingoverthebulwarksofshipsfromChina; somehighaloftintherigging,asifstrivingtogetastillbetterseawardpeep. 

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