Моби Дик

The Gam

           Andasforatiller,thewhale-boatneveradmitsofanysucheffeminacy;andthereforeasingammingacompleteboat’screwmustleavetheship,andhenceastheboatsteererorharpooneerisofthenumber,thatsubordinateisthesteersmanupontheoccasion,andthecaptain,havingnoplacetositin,ispulledofftohisvisitallstandinglikeapinetree.Andoftenyouwillnoticethatbeingconsciousoftheeyesofthewholevisibleworldrestingonhimfromthesidesofthetwoships,thisstandingcaptainisallalivetotheimportanceofsustaininghisdignitybymaintaininghislegs.Noristhisanyveryeasymatter;forinhisrearistheimmenseprojectingsteeringoarhittinghimnowandtheninthesmallofhisback,theafter-oarreciprocatingbyrappinghiskneesinfront.Heisthuscompletelywedgedbeforeandbehind,andcanonlyexpandhimselfsidewaysbysettlingdownonhisstretchedlegs;butasudden,violentpitchoftheboatwilloftengofartotopplehim,becauselengthoffoundationisnothingwithoutcorrespondingbreadth.Merelymakeaspreadangleoftwopoles,andyoucannotstandthemup.Then,again,itwouldneverdoinplainsightoftheworld’srivetedeyes,itwouldneverdo,Isay,forthisstraddlingcaptaintobeseensteadyinghimselftheslightestparticlebycatchingholdofanythingwithhishands;indeed,astokenofhisentire,buoyantself-command,hegenerallycarrieshishandsinhistrowsers’pockets;butperhapsbeinggenerallyverylarge,heavyhands,hecarriesthemthereforballast

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