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           ButImustbecontentwithonlyonemoreandaconcludingillustration;aremarkableandmostsignificantone,bywhichyouwillnotfailtosee,thatnotonlyisthemostmarvellouseventinthisbookcorroboratedbyplainfactsofthepresentday,butthatthesemarvels(likeallmarvels)aremererepetitionsoftheages;sothatforthemillionthtimewesayamenwithSolomonVerilythereisnothingnewunderthesun.

           InthesixthChristiancenturylivedProcopius,aChristianmagistrateofConstantinople,inthedayswhenJustinianwasEmperorandBelisariusgeneral.Asmanyknow,hewrotethehistoryofhisowntimes,aworkeverywayofuncommonvalue.Bythebestauthorities,hehasalwaysbeenconsideredamosttrustworthyandunexaggeratinghistorian,exceptinsomeoneortwoparticulars,notatallaffectingthematterpresentlytobementioned.

           Now,inthishistoryofhis,Procopiusmentionsthat,duringthetermofhisprefectureatConstantinople,agreatsea-monsterwascapturedintheneighboringPropontis,orSeaofMarmora,afterhavingdestroyedvesselsatintervalsinthosewatersforaperiodofmorethanfiftyyears.Afactthussetdowninsubstantialhistorycannoteasilybegainsaid.Noristhereanyreasonitshouldbe.Ofwhatprecisespeciesthissea-monsterwas,isnotmentioned.Butashedestroyedships,aswellasforotherreasons,hemusthavebeenawhale;andIamstronglyinclinedtothinkaspermwhale.AndIwilltellyouwhy

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