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Moby Dick

           Norwasithisunwontedmagnitude,norhisremarkablehue,noryethisdeformedlowerjaw,thatsomuchinvestedthewhalewithnaturalterror,asthatunexampled,intelligentmalignitywhich,accordingtospecificaccounts,hehadoverandoveragainevincedinhisassaults.Morethanall,histreacherousretreatsstruckmoreofdismaythanperhapsaughtelse.For,whenswimmingbeforehisexultingpursuers,witheveryapparentsymptomofalarm,hehadseveraltimesbeenknowntoturnroundsuddenly,and,bearingdownuponthem,eitherstavetheirboatstosplinters,ordrivethembackinconsternationtotheirship.

           Alreadyseveralfatalitieshadattendedhischase.Butthoughsimilardisasters,howeverlittlebruitedashore,werebynomeansunusualinthefishery;yet,inmostinstances,suchseemedtheWhiteWhale’sinfernalaforethoughtofferocity,thateverydismemberingordeaththathecaused,wasnotwhollyregardedashavingbeeninflictedbyanunintelligentagent.

           Judge,then,towhatpitchesofinflamed,distractedfurythemindsofhismoredesperatehunterswereimpelled,whenamidthechipsofchewedboats,andthesinkinglimbsoftorncomrades,theyswamoutofthewhitecurdsofthewhale’sdirefulwrathintotheserene,exasperatingsunlight,thatsmiledon,asifatabirthorabridal.

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