Moby Dick

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[Old Thunder]

They must get just as nigh the water as they possibly can without falling in.

 

[Old Thunder]

And there they stand -- miles of them -- leagues.

 

[Old Thunder]

Inlanders all, they come from lanes and alleys, streets and avenues -- north, east, south, and west.

 

[Old Thunder]

Yet here they all unite.

 

[Old Thunder]

Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the needles of the compasses of all those ships attract them thither?

 

[Old Thunder]

Once more.

 

[Old Thunder]

Say you are in the country; in some high land of lakes.

 

[Old Thunder]

Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream.

 

[Old Thunder]

There is magic in it.