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The Mast-Head

           ButifweSouthernwhale-fishersarenotsosnuglyhousedaloftasCaptainSleetandhisGreenlandmenwere;yetthatdisadvantageisgreatlycounter-balancedbythewidelycontrastingserenityofthoseseductiveseasinwhichweSouthfishersmostlyfloat.Forone,Iusedtoloungeuptheriggingveryleisurely,restinginthetoptohaveachatwithQueequeg,oranyoneelseoffdutywhomImightfindthere;thenascendingalittlewayfurther,andthrowingalazylegoverthetop-sailyard,takeapreliminaryviewofthewaterypastures,andsoatlastmounttomyultimatedestination.

           Letmemakeacleanbreastofithere,andfranklyadmitthatIkeptbutsorryguard.Withtheproblemoftheuniverserevolvinginme,howcouldIbeingleftcompletelytomyselfatsuchathought-engenderingaltitudehowcouldIbutlightlyholdmyobligationstoobserveallwhaleships’standingorders,"Keepyourweathereyeopen,andsingouteverytime."

           Andletmeinthisplacemovinglyadmonishyou,yeship-ownersofNantucket!Bewareofenlistinginyourvigilantfisheriesanyladwithleanbrowandholloweye;giventounseasonablemeditativeness;andwhoofferstoshipwiththePhaedoninsteadofBowditchinhishead.Bewareofsuchanone,Isay:yourwhalesmustbeseenbeforetheycanbekilled;andthissunken-eyedyoungPlatonistwilltowyoutenwakesroundtheworld,andnevermakeyouonepintofspermthericher.Norarethesemonitionsatallunneeded.

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