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Chapter 2. The Pros and Cons

           Itranasfollows: 

           "Afterexaminingonebyonethedifferenttheories, rejectingallothersuggestions, itbecomesnecessarytoadmittheexistenceofamarineanimalofenormouspower. 

           "Thegreatdepthsoftheoceanareentirelyunknowntous. Soundingscannotreachthem. Whatpassesinthoseremotedepths whatbeingslive,orcanlive, twelveorfifteenmilesbeneaththesurfaceofthewaters whatistheorganisationoftheseanimals, wecanscarcelyconjecture. However,thesolutionoftheproblemsubmittedtomemaymodifytheformofthedilemma. Eitherwedoknowallthevarietiesofbeingswhichpeopleourplanet, orwedonot. Ifwedonotknowthemall ifNaturehasstillsecretsinthedeepsforus, nothingismoreconformabletoreasonthantoadmittheexistenceoffishes,orcetaceansofotherkinds, orevenofnewspecies,ofanorganisationformedtoinhabitthestratainaccessibletosoundings, andwhichanaccidentofsomesorthasbroughtatlongintervals totheupperleveloftheocean. 

           "If,onthecontrary,wedoknowalllivingkinds, wemustnecessarilyseekfortheanimalinquestionamongstthosemarinebeingsalreadyclassed; and,inthatcase,Ishouldbedisposedtoadmittheexistenceofagiganticnarwhal. 

           "Thecommonnarwhal,orunicornofthesea, oftenattainsalengthofsixtyfeet. Increaseitssizefivefoldortenfold, giveitstrengthproportionatetoitssize, lengthenitsdestructiveweapons, andyouobtaintheanimalrequired. ItwillhavetheproportionsdeterminedbytheofficersoftheShannon, theinstrumentrequiredbytheperforationoftheScotia, andthepowernecessarytopiercethehullofthesteamer. 

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