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Schools and Schoolmasters

           Forwhilethosefemalesarecharacteristicallytimid,theyoungmales,orforty-barrel-bulls,astheycallthem,arebyfarthemostpugnaciousofallLeviathans,andproverbiallythemostdangeroustoencounter;exceptingthosewondrousgrey-headed,grizzledwhales,sometimesmet,andthesewillfightyoulikegrimfiendsexasperatedbyapenalgout.

           TheForty-barrel-bullschoolsarelargerthantheharemschools.Likeamobofyoungcollegians,theyarefulloffight,fun,andwickedness,tumblingroundtheworldatsuchareckless,rollickingrate,thatnoprudentunderwriterwouldinsurethemanymorethanhewouldariotousladatYaleorHarvard.Theysoonrelinquishthisturbulencethough,andwhenaboutthree-fourthsgrown,breakup,andseparatelygoaboutinquestofsettlements,thatis,harems.

           Anotherpointofdifferencebetweenthemaleandfemaleschoolsisstillmorecharacteristicofthesexes.SayyoustrikeaForty-barrel-bullpoordevil!allhiscomradesquithim.Butstrikeamemberoftheharemschool,andhercompanionsswimaroundherwitheverytokenofconcern,sometimeslingeringsonearherandsolong,asthemselvestofallaprey.

           

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