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The Chase — Second Day

           Whateverpalefearsandforebodingssomeofthemmighthavefeltbefore;thesewerenotonlynowkeptoutofsightthroughthegrowingaweofAhab,buttheywerebrokenup,andonallsidesrouted,astimidprairieharesthatscatterbeforetheboundingbison.ThehandofFatehadsnatchedalltheirsouls;andbythestirringperilsofthepreviousday;therackofthepastnight’ssuspense;thefixed,unfearing,blind,recklesswayinwhichtheirwildcraftwentplungingtowardsitsflyingmark;byallthesethings,theirheartswerebowledalong.Thewindthatmadegreatbelliesoftheirsails,andrushedthevesselonbyarmsinvisibleasirresistible;thisseemedthesymbolofthatunseenagencywhichsoenslavedthemtotherace.

           Theywereoneman,notthirty.Forastheoneshipthatheldthemall;thoughitwasputtogetherofallcontrastingthingsoak,andmaple,andpinewood;iron,andpitch,andhempyetalltheseranintoeachotherintheoneconcretehull,whichshotonitsway,bothbalancedanddirectedbythelongcentralkeel;evenso,alltheindividualitiesofthecrew,thisman’svalor,thatman’sfear;guiltandguiltiness,allvarietieswereweldedintooneness,andwerealldirectedtothatfatalgoalwhichAhabtheironelordandkeeldidpointto.

           Therigginglived.Themast-heads,likethetopsoftallpalms,wereoutspreadinglytuftedwitharmsandlegs.

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