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Ahab’s Leg

           Nor,atthetime,haditfailedtoenterhismonomaniacmind,thatalltheanguishofthatthenpresentsufferingwasbutthedirectissueofformerwoe;andhetooplainlyseemedtosee,thatasthemostpoisonousreptileofthemarshperpetuateshiskindasinevitablyasthesweetestsongsterofthegrove;so,equallywitheveryfelicity,allmiserableeventsdonaturallybegettheirlike.Yea,morethanequally,thoughtAhab;sincebothtieancestryandposterityofGriefgofurtherthantheancestryandposterityofJoy.For,nottohintofthis:thatitisaninferencefromcertaincanonicteachings,thatwhilesomenaturalenjoymentshereshallhavenochildrenborntothemfortheotherworld,but,onthecontrary,shallbefollowedbythejoy-childlessnessofallhell’sdespair;whereas,someguiltymortalmiseriesshallstillfertilelybegettothemselvesaneternallyprogressiveprogenyofgriefsbeyondthegrave;notatalltohintofthis,therestillseemsaninequalityinthedeeperanalysisofthething.For,thoughtAhab,whileeventhehighestearthlyfelicitieseverhaveacertainunsignifyingpettinesslurkinginthem,but,atbottom,allheartwoes,amysticsignificance,and,insomemen,anarchangelicgrandeur;sodotheirdiligenttracings-outnotbelietheobviousdeduction.

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