And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Topic

Obsession Hunting Whales Charismatic megafauna Animals

Author

Herman Melville

Source

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 36.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 36.

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Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Montaigne; or, the Skeptic
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Montaigne; or, the Skeptic." Representative Men. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Montaigne; or, the Skeptic (1850)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.