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Moby Dick

           Nordidwildrumorsofallsortsfailtoexaggerate,andstillthemorehorrifythetruehistoriesofthesedeadlyencounters.Fornotonlydofabulousrumorsnaturallygrowoutoftheverybodyofallsurprisingterribleeventsasthesmittentreegivesbirthtoitsfungi;but,inmaritimelife,farmorethaninthatofterrafirma,wildrumorsabound,whereverthereisanyadequaterealityforthemtoclingto.Andastheseasurpassesthelandinthismatter,sothewhalefisherysurpasseseveryothersortofmaritimelife,inthewonderfulnessandfearfulnessoftherumorswhichsometimescirculatethere.Fornotonlyarewhalemenasabodyunexemptfromthatignoranceandsuperstitiousnesshereditarytoallsailors;butofallsailors,theyarebyalloddsthemostdirectlybroughtintocontactwithwhateverisappallinglyastonishinginthesea;facetofacetheynotonlyeyeitsgreatestmarvels,but,handtojaw,givebattletothem.Alone,insuchremotestwaters,thatthoughyousailedathousandmiles,andpassedathousandshores,youwouldnotcometoanychiselledhearth-stone,oraughthospitablebeneaththatpartofthesun;insuchlatitudesandlongitudes,pursuingtoosuchacallingashedoes,thewhalemaniswrappedbyinfluencesalltendingtomakehisfancypregnantwithmanyamightybirth.

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