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Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “The act of self-expression – through writing a journal or letters – often enables a survivor to distance himself from his fears. After beginning his informal log, Chase would never again suffer another sleepless night tortured by his memory of the whale.”

51. “The act of self-expression – through writing a journal or letters – often enables a survivor to distance himself from his fears. After beginning his informal log, Chase would never again suffer another sleepless night tortured by his memory of the whale.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “Although they, once again, knew nothing about the island, they decided to sail for it, belatedly realizing that the potential terrors of an unknown island were nothing compared to the known terrors of an open boat in the open ocean.”

52. “Although they, once again, knew nothing about the island, they decided to sail for it, belatedly realizing that the potential terrors of an unknown island were nothing compared to the known terrors of an open boat in the open ocean.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “Eventually, however, the anchor was lashed to the bulwarks, with the ring at the end of its shank secured to a projecting timber known as a cathead.”

53. “Eventually, however, the anchor was lashed to the bulwarks, with the ring at the end of its shank secured to a projecting timber known as a cathead.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “Yet all shared in a common, spiritually infused mission – to maintain a peaceful life on land while raising bloody havoc at sea. Pacifist killers, plain-dressed millionaires, the whalemen of Nantucket were simply fulfilling the Lord’s will.”

54. “Yet all shared in a common, spiritually infused mission – to maintain a peaceful life on land while raising bloody havoc at sea. Pacifist killers, plain-dressed millionaires, the whalemen of Nantucket were simply fulfilling the Lord’s will.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “No matter how much meat they now had available to them, it was of limited nutritional value without a source of fat.”

55. “No matter how much meat they now had available to them, it was of limited nutritional value without a source of fat.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “In the year 1712, a Captain Hussey, cruising in his little boat for right whales along Nantucket’s south shore, was blown out to sea in a fierce northerly gale.”

56. “In the year 1712, a Captain Hussey, cruising in his little boat for right whales along Nantucket’s south shore, was blown out to sea in a fierce northerly gale.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “Even if Nantucket’s Quakers dominated the island economically and culturally, room was made for others, and by the early nineteenth century there were two Congregational church towers bracketing the town north and south. Yet all shared in a common, spiritually infused mission – to maintain a peaceful life on land while raising bloody havoc at sea. Pacifist killers, plain-dressed millionaires, the whalemen of Nantucket were simply fulfilling the Lord’s will.”

57. “Even if Nantucket’s Quakers dominated the island economically and culturally, room was made for others, and by the early nineteenth century there were two Congregational church towers bracketing the town north and south. Yet all shared in a common, spiritually infused mission – to maintain a peaceful life on land while raising bloody havoc at sea. Pacifist killers, plain-dressed millionaires, the whalemen of Nantucket were simply fulfilling the Lord’s will.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship’s sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind.”

58. “Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship’s sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick Quote: “To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me.”

59. “To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

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