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The Specksynder

           ThoughthelongperiodofaSouthernwhalingvoyage(byfarthelongestofallvoyagesnoworevermadebyman),thepeculiarperilsofit,andthecommunityofinterestprevailingamongacompany,allofwhom,highorlow,dependfortheirprofits,notuponfixedwages,butupontheircommonluck,togetherwiththeircommonvigilance,intrepidity,andhardwork;thoughallthesethingsdoinsomecasestendtobegetalessrigorousdisciplinethaninmerchantmengenerally;yet,nevermindhowmuchlikeanoldMesopotamianfamilythesewhalemenmay,insomeprimitiveinstances,livetogether;forallthat,thepunctiliousexternals,atleast,ofthequarter-deckareseldommateriallyrelaxed,andinnoinstancedoneaway.Indeed,manyaretheNantucketshipsinwhichyouwillseetheskipperparadinghisquarter-deckwithanelatedgrandeurnotsurpassedinanymilitarynavy;nay,extortingalmostasmuchoutwardhomageasifheworetheimperialpurple,andnottheshabbiestofpilot-cloth.

           AndthoughofallmenthemoodycaptainofthePequodwastheleastgiventothatsortofshallowestassumption;andthoughtheonlyhomageheeverexacted,wasimplicit,instantaneousobedience;thoughherequirednomantoremovetheshoesfromhisfeeteresteppinguponthequarter-deck;andthoughthereweretimeswhen,owingtopeculiarcircumstancesconnectedwitheventshereaftertobedetailed,headdressedtheminunusualterms,whetherofcondescensionorinterrorem,orotherwise;yetevenCaptainAhabwasbynomeansunobservantoftheparamountformsandusagesofthesea.

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