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The Needle

           ButAhabislordoverthelevelloadstoneyet.Mr.Starbuckalancewithoutthepole;atop-maul,andthesmallestofthesail-maker’sneedles.Quick!"

           Accessory,perhaps,totheimpulsedictatingthethinghewasnowabouttodo,werecertainprudentialmotives,whoseobjectmighthavebeentorevivethespiritsofhiscrewbyastrokeofhissubtileskill,inamattersowondrousasthatoftheinvertedcompasses.Besides,theoldmanwellknewthattosteerbytranspointedneedles,thoughclumsilypracticable,wasnotathingtobepassedoverbysuperstitioussailors,withoutsomeshudderingsandevilportents.

           "Men,"saidhe,steadilyturninguponthecrew,asthematehandedhimthethingshehaddemanded,"mymen,thethunderturnedoldAhab’sneedles;butoutofthisbitofsteelAhabcanmakeoneofhisown,thatwillpointastrueasany."

           Abashedglancesofservilewonderwereexchangedbythesailors,asthiswassaid;andwithfascinatedeyestheyawaitedwhatevermagicmightfollow.ButStarbucklookedaway.

           Withablowfromthetop-maulAhabknockedoffthesteelheadofthelance,andthenhandingtothematethelongironrodremaining,badehimholditupright,withoutitstouchingthedeck.Then,withthemaul,afterrepeatedlysmitingtheupperendofthisironrod,heplacedthebluntedneedleendwiseonthetopofit,andlessstronglyhammeredthat,severaltimes,thematestillholdingtherodasbefore

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