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Knights and Squires

           AsfortheresidueofthePequod’scompany,beitsaid,thatatthepresentdaynotoneintwoofthemanythousandmenbeforethemastemployedintheAmericanwhalefishery,areAmericansborn,thoughprettynearlyalltheofficersare.HereinitisthesamewiththeAmericanwhalefisheryaswiththeAmericanarmyandmilitaryandmerchantnavies,andtheengineeringforcesemployedintheconstructionoftheAmericanCanalsandRailroads.Thesame,Isay,becauseinallthesecasesthenativeAmericanliterallyprovidesthebrains,therestoftheworldasgenerouslysupplyingthemuscles.NosmallnumberofthesewhalingseamenbelongtotheAzores,wheretheoutwardboundNantucketwhalersfrequentlytouchtoaugmenttheircrewsfromthehardypeasantsofthoserockyshores.Inlikemanner,theGreenlandwhalerssailingoutofHullorLondon,putinattheShetlandIslands,toreceivethefullcomplementoftheircrew.Uponthepassagehomewards,theydropthemthereagain.Howitis,thereisnotelling,butIslandersseemtomakethebestwhalemen.TheywerenearlyallIslandersinthePequod,Isolatoestoo,Icallsuch,notacknowledgingthecommoncontinentofmen,buteachIsolatolivingonaseparatecontinentofhisown.Yetnow,federatedalongonekeel,whatasettheseIsolatoeswere!AnAnacharsisClootzdeputationfromalltheislesofthesea,andalltheendsoftheearth,accompanyingOldAhabinthePequodtolaytheworld’sgrievancesbeforethatbarfromwhichnotverymanyofthemevercomeback.BlackLittlePipheneverdidoh,no!hewentbefore.PoorAlabamaboy!OnthegrimPequod’sforecastle,yeshallerelongseehim,beatinghistambourine;prelusiveoftheeternaltime,whensentfor,tothegreatquarter-deckonhigh,hewasbidstrikeinwithangels,andbeathistambourineinglory;calledacowardhere,hailedaherothere!

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