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The Advocate

           Who,butnolessaprincethanAlfredtheGreat,who,withhisownroyalpen,tookdownthewordsfromOther,theNorwegianwhale-hunterofthosetimes!AndwhopronouncedourglowingeulogyinParliament?Who,butEdmundBurke!

           Trueenough,butthenwhalementhemselvesarepoordevils;theyhavenogoodbloodintheirveins.

           Nogoodbloodintheirveins?Theyhavesomethingbetterthanroyalbloodthere.ThegrandmotherofBenjaminFranklinwasMaryMorrel;afterwards,bymarriage,MaryFolger,oneoftheoldsettlersofNantucket,andtheancestresstoalonglineofFolgersandharpooneersallkithandkintonobleBenjaminthisdaydartingthebarbedironfromonesideoftheworldtotheother.

           Goodagain;butthenallconfessthatsomehowwhalingisnotrespectable.

           Whalingnotrespectable?Whalingisimperial!ByoldEnglishstatutorylaw,thewhaleisdeclared"aroyalfish."

           Oh,that’sonlynominal!Thewhalehimselfhasneverfiguredinanygrandimposingway.

           Thewhaleneverfiguredinanygrandimposingway?InoneofthemightytriumphsgiventoaRomangeneraluponhisenteringtheworld’scapital,thebonesofawhale,broughtallthewayfromtheSyriancoast,werethemostconspicuousobjectinthecymballedprocession.1

           1Seesubsequentchaptersforsomethingmoreonthishead.

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