Моби Дик

The Ship

           Still,forallthisimmutableness,wastheresomelackofcommonconsistencyaboutworthyCaptainPeleg.Thoughrefusing,fromconscientiousscruples,tobeararmsagainstlandinvaders,yethimselfhadillimitablyinvadedtheAtlanticandPacific;andthoughaswornfoetohumanbloodshed,yethadheinhisstraight-bodiedcoat,spilledtunsupontunsofleviathangore.Hownowinthecontemplativeeveningofhisdays,thepiousBildadreconciledthesethingsinthereminiscence,Idonotknow;butitdidnotseemtoconcernhimmuch,andveryprobablyhehadlongsincecometothesageandsensibleconclusionthataman’sreligionisonething,andthispracticalworldquiteanother.Thisworldpaysdividends.Risingfromalittlecabinboyinshortclothesofthedrabbestdrab,toaharpooneerinabroadshad-belliedwaistcoat;fromthatbecomingboat-header,chiefmate,andcaptain,andfinallyashipowner;Bildad,asIhintedbefore,hadconcludedhisadventurouscareerbywhollyretiringfromactivelifeatthegoodlyageofsixty,anddedicatinghisremainingdaystothequietreceivingofhiswell-earnedincome.

           Now,Bildad,Iamsorrytosay,hadthereputationofbeinganincorrigibleoldhunks,andinhissea-goingdays,abitter,hardtask-master.TheytoldmeinNantucket,thoughitcertainlyseemsacuriousstory,thatwhenhesailedtheoldCategutwhaleman,hiscrew,uponarrivinghome,weremostlyallcarriedashoretothehospital,soreexhaustedandwornout.Forapiousman,especiallyforaQuaker,hewascertainlyratherhard-hearted,tosaytheleast.Heneverusedtoswear,though,athismen,theysaid;butsomehowhegotaninordinatequantityofcruel,unmitigatedhardworkoutofthem.WhenBildadwasachief-mate,tohavehisdrab-coloredeyeintentlylookingatyou,madeyoufeelcompletelynervous,tillyoucouldclutchsomethingahammeroramarrling-spike,andgotoworklikemad,atsomethingorother,nevermindwhat.

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