By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and… — Herman Melville
By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · 1851
★ 6.3Provenance
Current citation
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 132.
Original citation
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 132.
