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Text by Herman Melville<\/h2>\n

Photos Francois Bernadi<\/h3>\n

\"Sunset<\/p>\n

New York has more shoreline than any city I know and yet, except for an occasional bike ride, we spend so little time by it.<\/p>\n

We should remember it is the best way to relax.<\/p>\n

Melville told us this secret a long time ago:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people\u2019s hats off- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.<\/em><\/p>\n

There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs- commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Playing<\/a>\"by<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2026 Say you are in the country; in some high land of lakes. Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream. There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries- stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor. Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Staten<\/a> \"Staten<\/a> \"Staten<\/a> \"Fort<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Rockefeller<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Long<\/a> \"Westchesster<\/a> \"<\/a> \"Yonkers\"<\/a> \"United<\/a> \"Brooklyn\"<\/a> \"Quogue\"<\/a> \"Brooklyn\"<\/a> \"Long<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"New<\/a> \"Banquise\"<\/a> \"Winter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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