Моби Дик

The Honor and Glory of Whaling

           AndletnomandoubtthisArkitestory;forintheancientJoppa,nowJaffa,ontheSyriancoast,inoneofthePagantemples,therestoodformanyagesthevastskeletonofawhale,whichthecity’slegendsandalltheinhabitantsassertedtobetheidenticalbonesofthemonsterthatPerseusslew.WhentheRomanstookJoppa,thesameskeletonwascarriedtoItalyintriumph.Whatseemsmostsingularandsuggestivelyimportantinthisstory,isthis:itwasfromJoppathatJonahsetsail.

           AkintotheadventureofPerseusandAndromedaindeed,bysomesupposedtobeindirectlyderivedfromitisthatfamousstoryofSt.GeorgeandtheDragon;whichdragonImaintaintohavebeenawhale;forinmanyoldchronicleswhalesanddragonsarestrangelyjumbledtogether,andoftenstandforeachother."Thouartasalionofthewaters,andasadragonofthesea,"saidEzekiel;hereby,plainlymeaningawhale;intruth,someversionsoftheBibleusethatworditself.Besides,itwouldmuchsubtractfromthegloryoftheexploithadSt.Georgebutencounteredacrawlingreptileoftheland,insteadofdoingbattlewiththegreatmonsterofthedeep.Anymanmaykillasnake,butonlyaPerseus,aSt.George,aCoffin,havetheheartinthemtomarchboldlyuptoawhale.

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