So, cutting the lashing of the waterproof match keg, after many failures Starbuck contrived to ignite the lamp in the lantern; then stretching it on a waif pole, handed it to Queequeg as the standard-bearer of this forlorn hope. There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness. There, then, he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair.

The only ugliness is that of the heart, seen through the face. And though beauty be obvious, the only loveliness is invisible.

I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.

Ignorance is the father of all fear.

God is liberal of color; so should man be.

When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.

Students of history are horror-struck at the massacres of old; but in the shambles, men are being murdered to-day.