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The Quarter-Deck

           Starbuck;wiltthounotchasethewhitewhale!artnotgameforMobyDick?"

           "Iamgameforhiscrookedjaw,andforthejawsofDeathtoo,CaptainAhab,ifitfairlycomesinthewayofthebusinesswefollow;butIcameheretohuntwhales,notmycommander’svengeance.Howmanybarrelswillthyvengeanceyieldtheeevenifthougettestit,CaptainAhab?itwillnotfetchtheemuchinourNantucketmarket."

           "Nantucketmarket!Hoot!Butcomecloser,Starbuck;thourequirestalittlelowerlayer.Ifmoney’stobethemeasurer,man,andtheaccountantshavecomputedtheirgreatcounting-housetheglobe,bygirdlingitwithguineas,onetoeverythreepartsofaninch;then,letmetellthee,thatmyvengeancewillfetchagreatpremiumhere!"

           "Hesmiteshischest,"whisperedStubb,"what’sthatfor?methinksitringsmostvast,buthollow."

           "Vengeanceonadumbbrute!"criedStarbuck,"thatsimplysmotetheefromblindestinstinct!Madness!Tobeenragedwithadumbthing,CaptainAhab,seemsblasphemous."

           "Harkyeyetagainthelittlelowerlayer.Allvisibleobjects,man,arebutaspasteboardmasks.Butineacheventinthelivingact,theundoubteddeedthere,someunknownbutstillreasoningthingputsforththemouldingsofitsfeaturesfrombehindtheunreasoningmask.Ifmanwillstrike,strikethoughthemask!Howcantheprisonerreachoutsideexceptbythrustingthroughthewall?Tome,thewhitewhaleisthatwall,shovedneartome.SometimesIthinkthere’snaughtbeyond.But‘tisenough.

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