Monday, May 19, 2014

"fasces," origin of "fascist," in Moby-Dick


May 19, 2014
CHAPTER 57 Of Whales in Paint, in Teeth, &c.

With a frigate's anchors for my bridle-bitts and fasces of harpoons for spurs, would I could mount that whale and leap the topmost skies, to see whether the fabled heavens with all their countless tents really lie encamped beyond my mortal sight!

All Excerpts From

Melville, Herman. "Moby-Dick." Harlequin, 2009. iBooks.
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