...into the dull peace of resumed routine. Aft, on the high poop, Mr. Baker walked shuffling ; grunted to himself in the pauses of his thoughts. Forward,...wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off — disappeared ; intent on its own destiny. The sun looked upon her all day, and every morning...

...this description of a sailing ship in the Indian Ocean (taken from "The Nigger of the Narcissus"): "The passage had begun; and the ship, a fragment detached...circular solitude moved with her, ever changing and ever (217) the same, always monotonous and always imposing. Now and then another wandering white speck,...

...men. The passage had begun ; and the ship, a fragment detached from the earth, went on lonely and \J swift like a small planet. Round her the abysses •...ever the same, always monotonous and always imposing. VNow and then another wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off — disappeared ;...

...into the dull peace of resumed routine. Aft, on the high poop, Mr. Baker walked shuffling ; grunted to himself in the pauses of his thoughts. Forward,...wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off — disappeared ; intent on its own destiny. The sun looked upon her all day, and every morning...

...crowd, and as inscrutable as the souls of men. The passage had begun ; and the ship, a frag- Q> ment detached from the earth, went on lonely and swift...wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off — disappeared ; intent on its own destiny. The sun looked upon her all day, and every morning...

...its meaning for the men who sail it, its "austere servitude," its friendliness and its treachery. ( "The ship, a fragment detached from the earth, went...wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off, — disappeared, intent on its own destiny. . . . The august loneliness of her path lent dignity...

...into the dull peace of resumed routine. Aft, on the high poop, Mr. Baker walked shuffling and grunted to himself in the pauses of his thoughts. Forward,...wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off — disappeared; intent on its own destiny. The sun looked upon her all day, and every morning...

...anchors, hummed an endless tune, keeping his eyes fixed dutifully ahead in a vacant stare. A multi/ tude of stars coming out into the clear night peopled .the...wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off — disappeared; intent on its own destiny. The sun looked upon her all {day, and every morning...

...with its meaning for the men who sail it, its "austere servitude," its friendliness and its treachery. "The ship, a fragment detached from the earth, went on lonely and swift like a small planet. Eound her the abysses of sky and sea met in an unattainable frontier. A great circular solitude moved...

...into the dull peace of resumed routine. Aft, on the high poop, Mr. Baker walked shuffling and grunted to himself in the pauses of his thoughts. Forward,...wandering white speck, burdened with life, appeared far off — disappeared; intent on its own destiny. The sun looked upon her all day, and every morning...