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Entry by êNHerman MelvilleêO, made in êNOctober, 1851êO:
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 part 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 it 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; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of
me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from
deliberately stepping out into the street, and methodically knocking
people's hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea as
soon as I can....