The Daily Dick: A Study in Leadership
From The Jeroboam's Story:"Nor is the history of fanatics half so striking in respect to the measureless self-deception of the fanatic himself, as his measureless power of deceiving and bedevilling so many others." Study: I have noticed a strong theme concerning leadership in Moby-Dick. The worst leaders, according to Melville, are held in power by followers who have rendered themselves powerless to the leader. Melville criticizes leaders who think themselves infallible. But
The Daily Dick: A Study in Leadership
"Granting that the White Whale fully incites the hearts of this my savage crew, and playing round their savageness even breeds a certain generous knight-errantism in them, still, while for the love of it they give chase to Moby Dick, they must also have food for their more common, daily appetites. " Study: Of all the lines about leadership I've read in Moby-Dick, lately, this one scared me the most. Terrible leaders are always focused on themselves and how they appear as lead
