Crew of the Pequod!...
Captain Ahab speaking!...
"...This is what ye have shipped for, men!  
To chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth....
What say ye, men, will ye splice 
hands on it now? I think ye do look brave!" ¹

Have you known only the safety, the comfort, the 
predictability of  land life and now long to experience 
whatever it is that came before, endures, and will come 
after?  Do you feel an Ominous Truth hovering behind 
you? Are you ready to turn, tear away the veil and face 
it, eye to eye?  Then steel yourself with Perseverance 
and a Questing Spirit, for this Journey into the Sea of 
Paradox will surely test you.

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a symbol  for water and sea;  also, a symbol for an active intellect.

Could this be the same Starbuck, first mate of the Pequod?

Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Penquin Classics
recommended

After reading Moby Dick, you may wonder about Ahab's wife. Read the recently published
Ahab's Wife, or Stargazer 
by Sena Jeter Naslund
..."Ahab's wife is sustenance for mind and soul."
Wally Lamb

If you enjoy wrestling with solutions for contemporary world problems and Socratic questioning,  read
Ishmael
by
Daniel Quinn