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The Cabin-Table

           Buthewhointherightlyregalandintelligentspiritpresidesoverhisownprivatedinner-tableofinvitedguests,thatman’sunchallengedpoweranddominionofindividualinfluenceforthetime;thatman’sroyaltyofstatetranscendsBelshazzar’s,forBelshazzarwasnotthegreatest.Whohasbutoncedinedhisfriends,hastastedwhatitistobeCaesar.Itisawitcheryofsocialczarshipwhichthereisnowithstanding.Now,iftothisconsiderationyousuper-addtheofficialsupremacyofaship-master,then,byinference,youwillderivethecauseofthatpeculiarityofsea-lifejustmentioned.

           Overhisivory-inlaidtable,Ahabpresidedlikeamute,manedsea-liononthewhitecoralbeach,surroundedbyhiswar-likebutstilldeferentialcubs.Inhisownproperturn,eachofficerwaitedtobeserved.TheywereaslittlechildrenbeforeAhab;andyet,inAhab,thereseemednottolurkthesmallestsocialarrogance.Withonemind,theirintenteyesallfastenedupontheoldman’sknife,ashecarvedthechiefdishbeforehim.Idonotsupposethatfortheworldtheywouldhaveprofanedthatmomentwiththeslightestobservation,evenuponsoneutralatopicastheweather.No!Andwhenreachingouthisknifeandfork,betweenwhichthesliceofbeefwaslocked,AhabtherebymotionedStarbuck’splatetowardshim,thematereceivedhismeatasthoughreceivingalms;andcutittenderly;andalittlestartedif,perchance,theknifegrazedagainsttheplate;andcheweditnoiselessly;andswallowedit,notwithoutcircumspection.

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