By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 132.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 132.

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A quote by Herman Melville about twists of fate: “By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder…”

A quote by Herman Melville about twists of fate: “By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder…”

A quote by Herman Melville about twists of fate: “By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder…”