Moby Dick

           I,Ishmael,wasoneofthatcrew;myshoutshadgoneupwiththerest;myoathhadbeenweldedwiththeirs;andstrongerIshouted,andmoredidIhammerandclinchmyoath,becauseofthedreadinmysoul.Awild,mystical,sympatheticalfeelingwasinme;Ahab’squenchlessfeudseemedmine.WithgreedyearsIlearnedthehistoryofthatmurderousmonsteragainstwhomIandalltheothershadtakenouroathsofviolenceandrevenge.

           Forsometimepast,thoughatintervalsonly,theunaccompanied,secludedWhiteWhalehadhauntedthoseuncivilizedseasmostlyfrequentedbytheSpermWhalefishermen.Butnotallofthemknewofhisexistence;afewofthem,comparatively,hadknowinglyseenhim;whilethenumberwhoasyethadactuallyandknowinglygivenbattletohim,wassmallindeed.For,owingtothelargenumberofwhale-cruisers;thedisorderlywaytheyweresprinkledovertheentirewaterycircumference,manyofthemadventurouslypushingtheirquestalongsolitarylatitudes,soasseldomorneverforawholetwelvemonthormoreonastretch,toencounterasinglenews-tellingsailofanysort;theinordinatelengthofeachseparatevoyage;theirregularityofthetimesofsailingfromhome;allthese,withothercircumstances,directandindirect,longobstructedthespreadthroughthewholeworld-widewhaling-fleetofthespecialindividualizingtidingsconcerningMobyDick.

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