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The Mast-Head

           Fornowadays,thewhale-fisheryfurnishesanasylumformanyromantic,melancholy,andabsent-mindedyoungmen,disgustedwiththecorkingcareofearth,andseekingsentimentintarandblubber.ChildeHaroldnotunfrequentlypercheshimselfuponthemast-headofsomelucklessdisappointedwhale-ship,andinmoodyphraseejaculates:

           "Rollon,thoudeepanddarkblueocean,roll!

           Tenthousandblubber-hunterssweepovertheeinvain."

           Veryoftendothecaptainsofsuchshipstakethoseabsent-mindedyoungphilosopherstotask,upbraidingthemwithnotfeelingsufficient"interest"inthevoyage;half-hintingthattheyaresohopelesslylosttoallhonorableambition,asthatintheirsecretsoulstheywouldrathernotseewhalesthanotherwise.Butallinvain;thoseyoungPlatonistshaveanotionthattheirvisionisimperfect;theyareshort-sighted;whatuse,then,tostrainthevisualnerve?Theyhavelefttheiropera-glassesathome.

           "Why,thoumonkey,"saidaharpooneertooneoftheselads,"we’vebeencruisingnowharduponthreeyears,andthouhastnotraisedawhaleyet.Whalesarescarceashen’steethwheneverthouartuphere."

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