Моби Дик

The Ship

           still,fromtheaudacious,daring,andboundlessadventureoftheirsubsequentlives,strangelyblendwiththeseunoutgrownpeculiarities,athousandbolddashesofcharacter,notunworthyaScandinaviansea-king,orapoeticalPaganRoman.Andwhenthesethingsuniteinamanofgreatlysuperiornaturalforce,withaglobularbrainandaponderousheart;whohasalsobythestillnessandseclusionofmanylongnight-watchesintheremotestwaters,andbeneathconstellationsneverseenhereatthenorth,beenledtothinkuntraditionallyandindependently;receivingallnature’ssweetorsavageimpressionsfreshfromherownvirginvoluntaryandconfidingbreast,andtherebychiefly,butwithsomehelpfromaccidentaladvantages,tolearnaboldandnervousloftylanguage—thatmanmakesoneinawholenation’scensus—amightypageantcreature,formedfornobletragedies.Norwillitatalldetractfromhim,dramaticallyregarded,ifeitherbybirthorothercircumstances,hehavewhatseemsahalfwilfuloverrulingmorbidnessatthebottomofhisnature.Forallmentragicallygreataremadesothroughacertainmorbidness.Besureofthis,Oyoungambition,allmortalgreatnessisbutdisease.But,asyetwehavenottodowithsuchanone,butwithquiteanother;andstillaman,who,ifindeedpeculiar,itonlyresultsagainfromanotherphaseoftheQuaker,modifiedbyindividualcircumstances.

           LikeCaptainPeleg,CaptainBildadwasawell-to-do,retiredwhaleman.ButunlikeCaptainPeleg—whocarednotarushforwhatarecalledseriousthings,andindeeddeemedthoseself-sameseriousthingstheveriestofalltrifles—CaptainBildadhadnotonlybeenoriginallyeducatedaccordingtothestrictestsectofNantucketQuakerism,butallhissubsequentoceanlife,andthesightofmanyunclad,lovelyislandcreatures,roundtheHorn—allthathadnotmovedthisnativebornQuakeronesinglejot,hadnotsomuchasalteredoneangleofhisvest.

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