Моби Дик

The Advocate

           Grantit,sinceyouciteit;butsaywhatyouwill,thereisnorealdignityinwhaling.

           Nodignityinwhaling?Thedignityofourcallingtheveryheavensattest.Cetusisaconstellationinthesouth!Nomore!DrivedownyourhatinpresenceoftheCzar,andtakeitofftoQueequeg!Nomore!Iknowamanthat,inhislifetimehastakenthreehundredandfiftywhales.Iaccountthatmanmorehonorablethanthatgreatcaptainofantiquitywhoboastedoftakingasmanywalledtowns.

           And,asforme,if,byanypossibility,therebeanyasyetundiscoveredprimethinginme;ifIshalleverdeserveanyrealreputeinthatsmallbuthighhushedworldwhichImightnotbeunreasonablyambitiousof;ifhereafterIshalldoanythinguponthewhole,amanmightratherhavedonethantohaveleftundone;if,atmydeath,myexecutors,ormoreproperlymycreditors,findanypreciousMSS.inmydesk,thenhereIprospectivelyascribeallthehonorandtheglorytowhaling;forawhale-shipwasmyYaleCollegeandmyHarvard.

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