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Ahab’s Leg

           Totrailthegenealogiesofthesehighmortalmiseries,carriesusatlastamongthesourcelessprimogenituresofthegods;sothat,inthefaceofalltheglad,hay-makingsuns,andsoftcymballing,roundharvest-moons,wemustneedsgiveintothis:thatthegodsthemselvesarenotforeverglad.Theineffaceable,sadbirth-markinthebrowofman,isbutthestampofsorrowinthesigners.

           Unwittinglyhereasecrethasbeendivulged,whichperhapsmightmoreproperly,insetway,havebeendisclosedbefore.WithmanyotherparticularsconcerningAhab,alwayshaditremainedamysterytosome,whyitwas,thatforacertainperiod,bothbeforeandafterthesailingofthePequod,hehadhiddenhimselfawaywithsuchGrand-Lama-likeexclusiveness;and,forthatoneinterval,soughtspeechlessrefuge,asitwere,amongthemarblesenateofthedead.CaptainPeleg’sbruitedreasonforthisthingappearedbynomeansadequate;though,indeed,astouchingallAhab’sdeeperpart,everyrevelationpartookmoreofsignificantdarknessthanofexplanatorylight.But,intheend,itallcameout;thisonematterdid,atleast.Thatdirefulmishapwasatthebottomofhistemporaryrecluseness.Andnotonlythis,buttothatever-contracting,droppingcircleashore,whoforanyreason,possessedtheprivilegeofalessbannedapproachtohim;tothattimidcircletheabovehintedcasualtyremaining,asitdid,moodilyunaccountedforbyAhabinvesteditselfwithterrors,notentirelyunderivedfromthelandofspiritsandofwails

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