Моби Дик

Moby Dick

           Histhreeboatsstovearoundhim,andoarsandmenbothwhirlingintheeddies;onecaptain,seizingtheline-knifefromhisbrokenprow,haddashedatthewhale,asanArkansasduellistathisfoe,blindlyseekingwithasixinchbladetoreachthefathom-deeplifeofthewhale.ThatcaptainwasAhab.Andthenitwas,thatsuddenlysweepinghissickle-shapedlowerjawbeneathhim,MobyDickhadreapedawayAhab’sleg,asamowerabladeofgrassinthefield.NoturbanedTurk,nohiredVenetianorMalay,couldhavesmotehimwithmoreseemingmalice.Smallreasonwastheretodoubt,then,thateversincethatalmostfatalencounter,Ahabhadcherishedawildvindictivenessagainstthewhale,allthemorefellforthatinhisfranticmorbidnessheatlastcametoidentifywithhim,notonlyallhisbodilywoes,butallhisintellectualandspiritualexasperations.TheWhiteWhaleswambeforehimasthemonomaniacincarnationofallthosemaliciousagencieswhichsomedeepmenfeeleatinginthem,tilltheyareleftlivingonwithhalfaheartandhalfalung.Thatintangiblemalignitywhichhasbeenfromthebeginning;towhosedominioneventhemodernChristiansascribeone-halfoftheworlds;whichtheancientOphitesoftheeastreverencedintheirstatuedevil;Ahabdidnotfalldownandworshipitlikethem;butdeliriouslytransferringitsideatotheabhorredwhitewhale,hepittedhimself,allmutilated,againstit.

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