Herman Melville Quote

For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;—nevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown.


The Works of Herman Melville (ed. 1963)


For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that...

For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that...

For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that...

For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that...