The Lee Shore

           Somechaptersback,oneBulkingtonwasspokenof,atall,newlandedmariner,encounteredinNewBedfordattheinn.

           Whenonthatshiveringwinter’snight,thePequodthrusthervindictivebowsintothecoldmaliciouswaves,whoshouldIseestandingatherhelmbutBulkington!Ilookedwithsympatheticaweandfearfulnessupontheman,whoinmid-winterjustlandedfromafouryears’dangerousvoyage,couldsounrestinglypushoffagainforstillanothertempestuousterm.Thelandseemedscorchingtohisfeet.Wonderfullestthingsareevertheunmentionable;deepmemoriesyieldnoepitaphs;thissix-inchchapteristhestonelessgraveofBulkington.Letmeonlysaythatitfaredwithhimaswiththestorm-tossedship,thatmiserablydrivesalongtheleewardland.Theportwouldfaingivesuccor;theportispitiful;intheportissafety,comfort,hearthstone,supper,warmblankets,friends,allthat’skindtoourmortalities.Butinthatgale,theport,theland,isthatship’sdirestjeopardy;shemustflyallhospitality;onetouchofland,thoughitbutgrazethekeel,wouldmakehershudderthroughandthrough.Withallhermightshecrowdsallsailoffshore;insodoing,fights‘gainsttheverywindsthatfainwouldblowherhomeward;seeksallthelashedsea’slandlessnessagain;forrefuge’ssakeforlornlyrushingintoperil;heronlyfriendherbitterestfoe!

           Knowyenow,Bulkington?Glimpsesdoyeseemtoseeofthatmortallyintolerabletruth;thatalldeep,earnestthinkingisbuttheintrepideffortofthesoultokeeptheopenindependenceofhersea;whilethewildestwindsofheavenandearthconspiretocastheronthetreacherous,slavishshore?

           Butasinlandlessnessaloneresideshighesttruth,shoreless,indefiniteasGodsobetterisittoperishinthathowlinginfinite,thanbeingloriouslydasheduponthelee,evenifthatweresafety!

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