Not P but Moby-Dick (18)

[Mark Kohut]

I think it means the horror is out of his self.....the soft feeling of the
human is still there...

yes, good angels, so to speak..

Bind means "to tie or fasten tightly"....

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 4:55 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Also from Chapter 38:
>
> but ’tis not me! that horror’s out of me! and with the soft feeling of the
> human in me, yet will I try to fight ye, ye grim, phantom futures! Stand by
> me, hold me, bind me, O ye blessed influences!
>
> "that horror’s out of me" means that horror is coming from outside of me,
> is that correct? Again, some of the existing translations seem way off
> base.
>
> Also, the "blessed influences" are positive ones that Starbuck is summoning
> to help himself, is that correct? A couple translations interpreted these
> as evil influences, which doesn't seem right. They are probably confused by
> the word "bind", which is quite interesting. What does "bind" mean here
> exactly?
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