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Moby Dick

           Sothatoverawedbytherumorsandportentsconcerninghim,notafewofthefishermenrecalled,inreferencetoMobyDick,theearlierdaysoftheSpermWhalefishery,whenitwasoftentimeshardtoinducelongpractisedRightwhalementoembarkintheperilsofthisnewanddaringwarfare;suchmenprotestingthatalthoughotherleviathansmightbehopefullypursued,yettochaseandpointlancesatsuchanapparitionastheSpermWhalewasnotformortalman.Thattoattemptit,wouldbeinevitablytobetornintoaquicketernity.Onthishead,therearesomeremarkabledocumentsthatmaybeconsulted.

           Nevertheless,sometherewere,whoeveninthefaceofthesethingswerereadytogivechasetoMobyDick;andastillgreaternumberwho,chancingonlytohearofhimdistantlyandvaguely,withoutthespecificdetailsofanycertaincalamity,andwithoutsuperstitiousaccompanimentsweresufficientlyhardynottofleefromthebattleifoffered.

           Oneofthewildsuggestionsreferredto,asatlastcomingtobelinkedwiththeWhiteWhaleinthemindsofthesuperstitiouslyinclined,wastheunearthlyconceitthatMobyDickwasubiquitous;thathehadactuallybeenencounteredinoppositelatitudesatoneandthesameinstantoftime.

           Nor,credulousassuchmindsmusthavebeen,wasthisconceitaltogetherwithoutsomefaintshowofsuperstitiousprobability.

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