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Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish? — Will He Perish?

           Fortheyareonlybeingdrivenfrompromontorytocape;andifonecoastisnolongerenlivenedwiththeirjets,then,besure,someotherandremoterstrandhasbeenveryrecentlystartledbytheunfamiliarspectacle.

           Furthermore:concerningtheselastmentionedLeviathans,theyhavetwofirmfortresses,which,inallhumanprobability,willforeverremainimpregnable.Andasupontheinvasionoftheirvalleys,thefrostySwisshaveretreatedtotheirmountains;so,huntedfromthesavannasandgladesofthemiddleseas,thewhale-bonewhalescanatlastresorttotheirPolarcitadels,anddivingundertheultimateglassybarriersandwallsthere,comeupamongicyfieldsandfloes!andinacharmedcircleofeverlastingDecember,biddefiancetoallpursuitfromman.

           Butasperhapsfiftyofthesewhale-bonewhalesareharpoonedforonecachalot,somephilosophersoftheforecastlehaveconcludedthatthispositivehavochasalreadyveryseriouslydiminishedtheirbattalions.Butthoughforsometimepastanumberofthesewhales,notlessthan13,000,havebeenannuallyslainonthenor’westcoastbytheAmericansalone;yetthereareconsiderationswhichrendereventhiscircumstanceoflittleornoaccountasanopposingargumentinthismatter.

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