He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy… — Jack London
He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.
The Saturday Evening Post · 1903
★ 3.5Provenance
Current citation
London, Jack. "The Call of the Wild." The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories. Signet, 2009, ch. 3.
Original citation
London, Jack. "The Call of the Wild." The Saturday Evening Post, 1903.
