Морской волк

Chapter 11

           "Thereyouhaveit,Hump,"hesaid,closingthebookuponhisfingerandlookingupatme."ThePreacherwhowaskingoverIsraelinJerusalemthoughtasIthink.Youcallmeapessimist.Isnotthispessimismoftheblackest?‘Allisvanityandvexationofspirit,’‘Thereisnoprofitunderthesun,’‘Thereisoneeventuntoall,’tothefoolandthewise,thecleanandtheunclean,thesinnerandthesaint,andthateventisdeath,andanevilthing,hesays.ForthePreacherlovedlife,anddidnotwanttodie,saying,‘Foralivingdogisbetterthanadeadlion.Hepreferredthevanityandvexationtothesilenceandunmovablenessofthegrave.AndsoI.Tocrawlispiggish;buttonotcrawl,tobeastheclodandrock,isloathsometocontemplate.Itisloathsometothelifethatisinme,theveryessenceofwhichismovement,thepowerofmovement,andtheconsciousnessofthepowerofmovement.Lifeitselfisunsatisfaction,buttolookaheadtodeathisgreaterunsatisfaction."

           "YouareworseoffthanOmar,"Isaid."He,atleast,afterthecustomaryagonizingofyouth,foundcontentandmadeofhismaterialismajoyousthing."

           "WhowasOmar?"WolfLarsenasked,andIdidnomoreworkthatday,northenext,northenext.

           InhisrandomreadinghehadneverchancedupontheRubaiyat,anditwastohimlikeagreatfindoftreasure.MuchIremembered,possiblytwo-thirdsofthequatrains,andImanagedtopieceouttheremainderwithoutdifficulty.

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