Chapter 96 (The Try-Works)
Look not too long in the face of the fire, O man!... There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.Read in Books4Free →
The Try-Works: Hellish Vision
From Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The infernal nighttime rendering of whale blubber becomes Ishmael's vision of damnation and a warning against staring too long into the fire.
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