"Nor smile so, while I write that this little black was brilliant, for even blackness has its brilliancy; behold yon lustrous ebony, panelled in king's cabinets." #MelvilleMonday
— Scott Norsworthy 🇺🇸 (@Melvilliana) May 4, 2026
In Moby-Dick Chapter 93 The Castaway, Melville thus compares the "fictitiously" enhanced brilliancy… pic.twitter.com/CmaZdnaYHf