From Schools and School Masters "Another point of difference between the male and female schools is still more characteristic of the sexes. Say you strike a Forty-barrel-bull—poor devil! all his comrades quit him. But strike a member of the harem school, and her companions swim around her with every token of concern, sometimes lingering so near her and so long, as themselves to fall a prey." Musing: I've watched The Handmaid's Tale. Read the book as well. Now we have a 'handmaid' on the Supreme Court. I thought of this passage from Moby-Dick tonight. I am grateful for the strong women in my life. The ones who have held me up when I was drowning and pushed me off when I needed courage. I unde
From The Tail "Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic. Musing: It's been a heavy few weeks. Sometimes each days feels like trying to read through the great Novel itself. When people complain about Moby-Dick, specifically the Cetology chapter, and ask 'do I really have to read everything in here?' I say yes. Because even among a chapter extolling a whale's tail, come words like the ones above. Real strength, not blustering and blowing smoke, is magic. And possible. Vote. Vote out the blowhard.
