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The Needle

           "HeadingEastatthishourinthemorning,andthesunastern?"

           Uponthiseverysoulwasconfounded;forthephenomenonjustthenobservedbyAhabhadunaccountablyescapedeveryoneelse;butitsveryblindingpalpablenessmusthavebeenthecause.

           Thrustinghisheadhalf-wayintothebinnacle,Ahabcaughtoneglimpseofthecompasses;hisupliftedarmslowlyfell;foramomenthealmostseemedtostagger.StandingbehindhimStarbucklooked,andlo!thetwocompassespointedEast,andthePequodwasasinfalliblygoingWest.

           Buterethefirstwildalarmcouldgetoutabroadamongthecrew,theoldmanwitharigidlaughexclaimed,"Ihaveit!Ithashappenedbefore.Mr.Starbuck,lastnight’sthunderturnedourcompassesthat’sall.Thouhastbeforenowheardofsuchathing,Itakeit."

           "Aye;butneverbeforehasithappenedtome,sir,"saidthepalemate,gloomily.

           Here,itmustneedsbesaid,thataccidentslikethishaveinmorethanonecaseoccurredtoshipsinviolentstorms.Themagneticenergy,asdevelopedinthemariner’sneedle,is,asallknow,essentiallyonewiththeelectricitybeheldinheaven;henceitisnottobemuchmarvelledat,thatsuchthingsshouldbe.Instanceswherethelightninghasactuallystruckthevessel,soastosmitedownsomeofthesparsandrigging,theeffectupontheneedlehasattimesbeenstillmorefatal;allitsloathsomevirtuebeingannihilated,sothatthebeforemagneticsteelwasofnomoreusethananoldwife’sknittingneedle.

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