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The Mast-Head

           Anditismuchtobedeploredthattheplacetowhichyoudevotesoconsiderableaportionofthewholetermofyournaturallife,shouldbesosadlydestituteofanythingapproachingtoacosyinhabitiveness,oradaptedtobreedacomfortablelocalnessoffeeling,suchaspertainstoabed,ahammock,ahearse,asentrybox,apulpit,acoach,oranyotherofthosesmallandsnugcontrivancesinwhichmentemporarilyisolatethemselves.Yourmostusualpointofperchistheheadofthet’gallant-mast,whereyoustandupontwothinparallelsticks(almostpeculiartowhalemen)calledthet’gallantcrosstrees.Here,tossedaboutbythesea,thebeginnerfeelsaboutascosyashewouldstandingonabull’shorns.Tobesure,incoldweatheryoumaycarryyourhousealoftwithyou,intheshapeofawatch-coat;butproperlyspeakingthethickestwatch-coatisnomoreofahousethantheuncladbody;forasthesoulisgluedinsideofitsfleshytabernacle,andcannotfreelymoveaboutinit,norevenmoveoutofit,withoutrunninggreatriskofperishing(likeanignorantpilgrimcrossingthesnowyAlpsinwinter);soawatch-coatisnotsomuchofahouseasitisamereenvelope,oradditionalskinencasingyou.Youcannotputashelforchestofdrawersinyourbody,andnomorecanyoumakeaconvenienceclosetofyourwatch-coat.

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