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The Advocate

           ItwasthewhalemenwhofirstbrokethroughthejealouspolicyoftheSpanishcrown,touchingthosecolonies;and,ifspacepermitted,itmightbedistinctlyshownhowfromthosewhalemenatlasteventuatedtheliberationofPeru,Chili,andBoliviafromtheyokeofOldSpain,andtheestablishmentoftheeternaldemocracyinthoseparts.

           ThatgreatAmericaontheothersideofthesphere,Australia,wasgiventotheenlightenedworldbywhaleman.Afteritsfirstblunder-borndiscoverybyaDutchman,allotherships,longshunnedthoseshoresaspestiferouslybarbarous;butthewhale-shiptouchedthere.Thewhale-shipisthetruemotherofthatnowmightycolony.Moreover,intheinfancyofthefirstAustraliansettlement,theemigrantswereseveraltimessavedfromstarvationbythebenevolentbiscuitofthewhale-shipluckilydroppingananchorintheirwaters.TheuncountedislesofallPolynesiaconfessthesametruth,anddocommercialhomagetothewhale-ship,thatclearedthewayforthemissionaryandthemerchant,andinmanycasescarriedtheprimitivemissionariestotheirfirstdestinations.Ifthatdouble-boltedland,Japan,isevertobecomehospitable,itisthewhale-shipalonetowhomthecreditwillbedue;foralreadysheisonthethreshold.

           Butif,inthefaceofallthis,youstilldeclarethatwhalinghasnoaestheticallynobleassociationsconnectedwithit,thenamIreadytoshiverfiftylanceswithyouthere,andunhorseyouwithasplithelmeteverytime.

           Thewhalehasnofamousauthor,andwhalingnofamouschronicler,youwillsay.

           Thewhalenofamousauthor,andwhalingnofamouschronicler?WhowrotethefirstaccountofourLeviathan?WhobutmightyJob?Andwhocomposedthefirstnarrativeofawhaling-voyage?

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