## Metadata - Author: [[Nathaniel Philbrick]] - Full Title: Why Read Moby-Dick? - Category: #books ## Highlights - “Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with equal eye.” This redemptive mixture of skepticism and hope, this genial stoicism in the face of a short, ridiculous, and irrational life, is why I read Moby-Dick. ([Location 1195](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RERYQ&location=1195))