Моби Дик

The Ramadan

           ButsomehowIdroppedoffatlast,andknewnothingmoretillbreakofday;when,lookingoverthebedside,theresquattedQueequeg,asifhehadbeenscreweddowntothefloor.Butassoonasthefirstglimpseofsunenteredthewindow,uphegot,withstiffgratingjoints,butwithacheerfullook;limpedtowardsmewhereIlay;pressedhisforeheadagainagainstmine;andsaidhisRamadanwasover.

           Now,asIbeforehinted,Ihavenoobjectiontoanyperson’sreligion,beitwhatitmay,solongasthatpersondoesnotkillorinsultanyotherperson,becausethatotherpersondon’tbelieveitalso.Butwhenaman’sreligionbecomesreallyfrantic;whenitisapositivetormenttohim;and,infine,makesthisearthofoursanuncomfortableinntolodgein;thenIthinkithightimetotakethatindividualasideandarguethepointwithhim.

           AndjustsoInowdidwithQueequeg."Queequeg,"saidI,"getintobednow,andlieandlistentome."Ithenwenton,beginningwiththeriseandprogressoftheprimitivereligions,andcomingdowntothevariousreligionsofthepresenttime,duringwhichtimeIlaboredtoshowQueequegthatalltheseLents,Ramadans,andprolongedham-squattingsincold,cheerlessroomswerestarknonsense;badforthehealth;uselessforthesoul;opposed,inshort,totheobviouslawsofHygieneandcommonsense.Itoldhim,too,thathebeinginotherthingssuchanextremelysensibleandsagacioussavage,itpainedme,verybadlypainedme,toseehimnowsodeplorablyfoolishaboutthisridiculousRamadanofhis.Besides,arguedI,fastingmakesthebodycavein;hencethespiritcavesin;andallthoughtsbornofafastmustnecessarilybehalf-starved.Thisisthereasonwhymostdyspepticreligionistscherishsuchmelancholynotionsabouttheirhereafters.Inoneword,Queequeg,saidI,ratherdigressively;hellisanideafirstbornonanundigestedapple-dumpling;andsincethenperpetuatedthroughthehereditarydyspepsiasnurturedbyRamadans.

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