Моби Дик

Moby Dick

           Nowonder,then,thatevergatheringvolumefromthemeretransitoverthewildestwateryspaces,theoutblownrumorsoftheWhiteWhaledidintheendincorporatewiththemselvesallmannerofmorbidhints,andhalf-formedfoetalsuggestionsofsupernaturalagencies,whicheventuallyinvestedMobyDickwithnewterrorsunborrowedfromanythingthatvisiblyappears.Sothatinmanycasessuchapanicdidhefinallystrike,thatfewwhobythoserumors,atleast,hadheardoftheWhiteWhale,fewofthosehunterswerewillingtoencountertheperilsofhisjaw.

           Buttherewerestillotherandmorevitalpracticalinfluencesatwork.NorevenatthepresentdayhastheoriginalprestigeoftheSpermWhale,asfearfullydistinguishedfromallotherspeciesoftheleviathan,diedoutofthemindsofthewhalemenasabody.Therearethosethisdayamongthem,who,thoughintelligentandcourageousenoughinofferingbattletotheGreenlandorRightwhale,wouldperhapseitherfromprofessionalinexperience,orincompetency,ortimidity,declineacontestwiththeSpermWhale;atanyrate,thereareplentyofwhalemen,especiallyamongthosewhalingnationsnotsailingundertheAmericanflag,whohaveneverhostilelyencounteredtheSpermWhale,butwhosesoleknowledgeoftheleviathanisrestrictedtotheignoblemonsterprimitivelypursuedintheNorth;seatedontheirhatches,thesemenwillhearkenwithachildishfiresideinterestandawe,tothewild,strangetalesofSouthernwhaling.

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