Chapter 26 (Knights and Squires)
Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on all hands, radiates without end from God; Himself!Read in Books4Free →
Democracy, Class, and Labor
From Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Melville exalts the dignity of common laborers and invokes a 'kingly commons,' offering one of American literature's most radical democratic visions.
Chapter 27 (Knights and Squires)
The mates and harpooners introduced as a 'deputation from all the isles of the sea, and all the ends of the earth.'
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