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The Mast-Head

           GreatWashington,too,standshighaloftonhistoweringmain-mastinBaltimore,andlikeoneofHercules’pillars,hiscolumnmarksthatpointofhumangrandeurbeyondwhichfewmortalswillgo.AdmiralNelson,also,onacapstanofgun-metal,standshismast-headinTrafalgarSquare;andevenwhenmostobscuredbythatLondonsmoke,tokenisyetgiventhatahiddenheroisthere;forwherethereissmoke,mustbefire.ButneithergreatWashington,norNapoleon,norNelson,willanswerasinglehailfrombelow,howevermadlyinvokedtobefriendbytheircounselsthedistracteddecksuponwhichtheygaze;howeveritmaybesurmised,thattheirspiritspenetratethroughthethickhazeofthefuture,anddescrywhatshoalsandwhatrocksmustbeshunned.

           Itmayseemunwarrantabletocoupleinanyrespectthemast-headstandersofthelandwiththoseofthesea;butthatintruthitisnotso,isplainlyevincedbyanitemforwhichObedMacy,thesolehistorianofNantucket,standsaccountable.TheworthyObedtellsus,thatintheearlytimesofthewhalefishery,ereshipswereregularlylaunchedinpursuitofthegame,thepeopleofthatislanderectedloftysparsalongtheseacoast,towhichthelook-outsascendedbymeansofnailedcleats,somethingasfowlsgoupstairsinahen-house.AfewyearsagothissameplanwasadoptedbytheBaywhalemenofNewZealand,who,upondescryingthegame,gavenoticetotheready-mannedboatsnighthebeach.Butthiscustomhasnowbecomeobsolete;turnwethentotheonepropermast-head,thatofawhale-shipatsea.

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