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Quotation from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
“so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return!”
Moby-Dick, Chapter 58 (Project Gutenberg #2701)
After describing the cannibalism of the sea, Ishmael compares the green land to a place of peace in the soul.
Citation: "so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return!" — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 58 (Project Gutenberg #2701). (id moby-dick-q10)
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