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1、MobyDickHermanMelville,1819-1891...CallmeIshmael.Someyearsago--nevermindhowlongprecisely--havinglittleornomoneyinmypurse,andnothingparticulartointerestmeonshore,IthoughtIwouldsailaboutalittleandseethewaterypartoftheworld.ItisawayIhaveofdrivingoffthesplee
2、n,andregulatingthecirculation.WheneverIfindmyselfgrowinggrimaboutthemouth;wheneveritisadamp,drizzlyNovemberinmysoul;wheneverIfindmyselfinvoluntarilypausingbeforecoffinwarehouses,andbringinguptherearofeveryfuneralImeet;andespeciallywhenevermyhyposgetsuchanupperhandofme,that
3、itrequiresastrongmoralprincipletopreventmefromdeliberatelysteppingintothestreet,andmethodicallyknockingpeople'shatsoff--then,IaccountithightimetogettoseaassoonasIcan.Thisismysubstituteforpistolandball.WithaphilosophicalflourishCatothrowshimselfuponhissword;Iquietlytaketoth
4、eship.Thereisnothingsurprisinginthis.Iftheybutknewit,almostallmenintheirdegree,sometimeorother,cherishverynearlythesamefeelingstowardstheoceanwithme.TherenowisyourinsularcityoftheManhattoes,beltedroundbywharvesasIndianislesbycoralreefs--commercesurroundsitwithhersurf.Right
5、andleft,thestreetstakeyouwaterward.Itsextremedown-townisthebattery,wherethatnoblemoleiswashedbywaves,andcooledbybreezes,whichafewhourspreviouswereoutofsightofland.Lookatthecrowdsofwater-gazersthere.CircumambulatethecityofadreamySabbathafternoon.GofromCorlearsHooktoCoenties
6、Slip,andfromthence,byWhitehallnorthward.Whatdoyousee?--Postedlikesilentsentinelsallaroundthetown,standthousandsuponthousandsofmortalmenfixedinoceanreveries.Someleaningagainstthespiles;someseateduponthepier-heads;somelookingoverthebulwarksglasses!..ofshipsfromChina;some
7、highaloftintherigging,asifstrivingtogetastillbetterseawardpeep.Butthesearealllandsmen;ofweekdayspentupinlathandplaster--tiedtocounters,nailedtobenches,clinchedtodesks.Howthenisthis?Arethegreenfieldsgone?Whatdotheyhere?Butlook!herecomemorecrowds,pacingstraightforthewater,an
8、dseeminglyboundforadive.Strange!Nothingwillcontentthembuttheextremestlimitoftheland;loite