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Moby-Dick-1998/character/Starbuck/" class="character-link">Starbuck:
Time and tide flow wide, sir. Moby-Dick has the whole round watery world to swim in. Captain Ahab:
I know his latitudes. I know his driftings, every sea-shelled ground and volcano bay. Starbuck:
Here lies Nantucket, where our wives and children will be waiting, carrying wee babes up the hill to catch first glimpse of these sails. Your wife and son will be among them, captain, and we must not disappoint them. I am no crusader after perils. My course is set to return safely home with a full hold. 'Tis the object of our endeavour. Captain Ahab:
Mr. Starbuck, until this be done, my boy's face is to me as the palm of my hand, an unfeatured blank
Time and tide flow wide, sir. Moby-Dick has the whole round watery world to swim in. Captain Ahab:
I know his latitudes. I know his driftings, every sea-shelled ground and volcano bay. Starbuck:
Here lies Nantucket, where our wives and children will be waiting, carrying wee babes up the hill to catch first glimpse of these sails. Your wife and son will be among them, captain, and we must not disappoint them. I am no crusader after perils. My course is set to return safely home with a full hold. 'Tis the object of our endeavour. Captain Ahab:
Mr. Starbuck, until this be done, my boy's face is to me as the palm of my hand, an unfeatured blank
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Time and tide flow wide sir
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Moby Dick has the round watery
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world to swim in
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I know his latitudes
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I know his sightings
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I know the driftings of his
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food from the Seychelle ground
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to Volcano Bay
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Here lies Nantucket
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where our wives and children
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will be waiting
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They'll carry the wee babes
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up the hill to catch first
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glimpse of these sails
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Your wife and son will be among
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them Captain and we must not
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disappoint them
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I am no crusader after peril
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sir
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My course is set to return
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safely home with a full hold
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'Tis the object of our endeavor
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Sir
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till this be done
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my boy's face is to me
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as the palm of this hand
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a lipless unfeatured blank
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Movie Summary
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his Captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Actors
Starbuck
Captain Ahab
