[Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) by Herman Melville]@TWC D-Link bookMardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) CHAPTER LVII 7/19
Free horses need wide prairies; and fortunate for you, sovereign-kings! that you have room enough, wherein to be free. "And, may it please you, you are free, partly, because you are young. Your nation is like a fine, florid youth, full of fiery impulses, and hard to restrain; his strong hand nobly championing his heart.
On all sides, freely he gives, and still seeks to acquire.
The breath of his nostrils is like smoke in spring air; every tendon is electric with generous resolves.
The oppressor he defies to his beard; the high walls of old opinions he scales with a bound.
In the future he sees all the domes of the East. "But years elapse, and this bold boy is transformed.
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