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The Battering-Ram

           ByitselfthissufficientlyillustratestheobviousfactIdriveat.Butsupplementarytothis,ithashypotheticallyoccurredtome,thatasordinaryfishpossesswhatiscalledaswimmingbladderinthem,capable,atwill,ofdistensionorcontraction;andastheSpermWhale,asfarasIknow,hasnosuchprovisioninhim;considering,too,theotherwiseinexplicablemannerinwhichhenowdepresseshisheadaltogetherbeneaththesurface,andanonswimswithithighelevatedoutofthewater;consideringtheunobstructedelasticityofitsenvelope;consideringtheuniqueinteriorofhishead;ithashypotheticallyoccurredtome,Isay,thatthosemysticallung-celledhoneycombstheremaypossiblyhavesomehithertounknownandunsuspectedconnexionwiththeouterair,soastobesusceptibletoatmosphericdistensionandcontraction.Ifthisbeso,fancytheirresistiblenessofthatmight,towhichthemostimpalpableanddestructiveofallelementscontributes.

           Now,mark.Unerringlyimpellingthisdead,impregnable,uninjurablewall,andthismostbuoyantthingwithin;thereswimsbehinditallamassoftremendouslife,onlytobeadequatelyestimatedaspiledwoodisbythecord;andallobedienttoonevolition,asthesmallestinsect

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