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Moby Dick

           Thatitwasonlythen,onthehomewardvoyage,aftertheencounter,thatthefinalmonomaniaseizedhim,seemsallbutcertainfromthefactthat,atintervalsduringthepassage,hewasaravinglunatic;and,thoughunlimbedofaleg,yetsuchvitalstrengthyetlurkedinhisEgyptianchest,andwasmoreoverintensifiedbyhisdelirium,thathismateswereforcedtolacehimfast,eventhere,ashesailed,ravinginhishammock.Inastrait-jacket,heswungtothemadrockingsofthegales.And,whenrunningintomoresufferablelatitudes,theship,withmildstun’sailsspread,floatedacrossthetranquiltropics,and,toallappearances,theoldman’sdeliriumseemedleftbehindhimwiththeCapeHornswells,andhecameforthfromhisdarkdenintotheblessedlightandair;eventhen,whenheborethatfirm,collectedfront,howeverpale,andissuedhiscalmordersonceagain;andhismatesthankedGodthedirefulmadnesswasnowgone;eventhen,Ahab,inhishiddenself,ravedon.Humanmadnessisoftentimesacunningandmostfelinething.Whenyouthinkitfled,itmayhavebutbecometransfiguredintosomestillsubtlerform.Ahab’sfulllunacysubsidednot,butdeepeninglycontracted;liketheunabatedHudson,whenthatnobleNorthmanflowsnarrowly,butunfathomablythroughtheHighlandgorge.But,asinhisnarrow-flowingmonomania,notonejotofAhab’sbroadmadnesshadbeenleftbehind;sointhatbroadmadness,notonejotofhisgreatnaturalintellecthadperished.Thatbeforelivingagent,nowbecamethelivinginstrument.

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