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Young Adult (18-35)Transcript
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Call me Ishmael some years ago. Never mind how long precisely having little or no money in my purse and nothing particular to interest me on shore. I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery parts of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth. Whenever is a damp drizzly November in my soul. Whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet, especially whenever my hypos gets such an upper hand at me that requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street and methodically knocking people's hats off. Then I account at high time to get to see as soon as I can. This is my substitute for ball with the philosophical flourish. Cato throws himself upon his sword. I quietly take to the ship. There's nothing surprising in this if they but knew it almost all men in their degrees some time or other cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me. There. Now, is your insular city of the Manhattans belted around by wolves as Indian Isles by coral reefs, commerce surrounded with herself, right and left the streets. Take you water. Its extreme downtown is the battery where that Noble Mole is washed by waves and cooled by breezes which a few hours previous were out of sight of land. Look at the crowds of water gazers there.