Моби Дик

The Carpenter

           Youmightalmostsay,thatthisstrangeuncompromisednessinhiminvolvedasortofunintelligence;forinhisnumeroustrades,hedidnotseemtoworksomuchbyreasonorbyinstinct,orsimplybecausehehadbeentutoredtoit,orbyanyintermixtureofallthese,evenoruneven;butmerelybykindofdeafanddumb,spontaneousliteralprocess.Hewasapuremanipulater;hisbrain,ifhehadeverhadone,musthaveearlyoozedalongintothemusclesofhisfingers.Hewaslikeoneofthoseunreasoningbutstillhighlyuseful,multuminparvo,Sheffieldcontrivances,assumingtheexteriorthoughalittleswelledofacommonpocketknife;butcontaining,notonlybladesofvarioussizes,butalsoscrew-drivers,cork-screws,tweezers,awls,pens,rulers,nail-filers,countersinkers.So,ifhissuperiorswantedtousethecarpenterforascrew-driver,alltheyhadtodowastoopenthatpartofhim,andthescrewwasfast:oriffortweezers,takehimupbythelegs,andtheretheywere.

           Yet,aspreviouslyhinted,thisomnitooled,open-and-shutcarpenter,was,afterall,nomeremachineofanautomaton.Ifhedidnothaveacommonsoulinhim,hehadasubtlesomethingthatsomehowanomalouslydiditsduty.Whatthatwas,whetheressenceofquicksilver,orafewdropsofhartshorn,thereisnotelling.Butthereitwas;andthereithadabidedfornowsomesixtyyearsormore

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