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The Chase — First Day

           Meantime,fromthebeginningallthishadbeendescriedfromtheship’smastheads;andsquaringheryards,shehadbornedownuponthescene;andwasnowsonigh,thatAhabinthewaterhailedher!—"Sailonthe"—butthatmomentabreakingseadashedonhimfromMobyDick,andwhelmedhimforthetime.Butstrugglingoutofitagain,andchancingtoriseonatoweringcrest,heshouted"Sailonthewhale!Drivehimoff!"

           ThePequod’sprowswerepointed-,andbreakingupthecharmedcircle,sheeffectuallypartedthewhitewhalefromhisvictim.Ashesullenlyswamoff,theboatsflewtotherescue.

           DraggedintoStubb’sboatwithblood-shot,blindedeyes,thewhitebrinecakinginhiswrinkles;thelongtensionofAhab’sbodilystrengthdidcrack,andhelplesslyheyieldedtohisbody’sdoomforatime,lyingallcrushedinthebottomofStubb’sboat,likeonetroddenunderfootofherdsofelephants.Farinland,namelesswailscamefromhim,asdesolatesoundsfromoutravines.

           Butthisintensityofhisphysicalprostrationdidbutsomuchthemoreabbreviateit.Inaninstant’scompass,greatheartssometimescondensetoonedeeppang,thesumtotalofthoseshallowpainskindlydiffusedthroughfeeblermen’swholelives.Andso,suchhearts,thoughsummaryineachonesuffering;still,ifthegodsdecreeit,intheirlife-timeaggregateawholeageofwoe,whollymadeupofinstantaneousintensities;forevenintheirpointlesscentres,thosenoblenaturescontaintheentirecircumferencesofinferiorsouls.

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