Моби Дик

Moby Dick

           NoristhepreeminenttremendousnessofthegreatSpermWhaleanywheremorefeelinglycomprehended,thanonboardofthoseprowswhichstemhim.

           Andasifthenowtestedrealityofhismighthadinformerlegendarytimesthrownitsshadowbeforeit;wefindsomebooknaturalistsOlassenandPovelsondeclaringtheSpermWhalenotonlytobeaconsternationtoeveryothercreatureinthesea,butalsotobesoincrediblyferociousascontinuallytobeathirstforhumanblood.NorevendowntosolateatimeasCuvier’s,weretheseoralmostsimilarimpressionseffaced.ForinhisNaturalHistory,theBaronhimselfaffirmsthatatsightoftheSpermWhale,allfish(sharksincluded)are"struckwiththemostlivelyterrors,"and"oftenintheprecipitancyoftheirflightdashthemselvesagainsttherockswithsuchviolenceastocauseinstantaneousdeath."Andhoweverthegeneralexperiencesinthefisherymayamendsuchreportsasthese;yetintheirfullterribleness,eventothebloodthirstyitemofPovelson,thesuperstitiousbeliefinthemis,insomevicissitudesoftheirvocation,revivedinthemindsofthehunters.

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