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           Starbuck’sbodyandStarbuck’scoercedwillwereAhab’s,solongasAhabkepthismagnetatStarbuck’sbrain;stillheknewthatforallthisthechiefmate,inhissoul,abhorredhiscaptain’squest,andcouldhe,wouldjoyfullydisintegratehimselffromit,orevenfrustrateit.ItmightbethatalongintervalwouldelapseeretheWhiteWhalewasseen.DuringthatlongintervalStarbuckwouldeverbeapttofallintoopenrelapsesofrebellionagainsthiscaptain’sleadership,unlesssomeordinary,prudential,circumstantialinfluenceswerebroughttobearuponhim.Notonlythat,butthesubtleinsanityofAhabrespectingMobyDickwasnowaysmoresignificantlymanifestedthaninhissuperlativesenseandshrewdnessinforeseeingthat,forthepresent,thehuntshouldinsomewaybestrippedofthatstrangeimaginativeimpiousnesswhichnaturallyinvestedit;thatthefullterrorofthevoyagemustbekeptwithdrawnintotheobscurebackground(forfewmen’scourageisproofagainstprotractedmeditationunrelievedbyaction);thatwhentheystoodtheirlongnightwatches,hisofficersandmenmusthavesomenearerthingstothinkofthanMobyDick.

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