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The Whale as a Dish

           Thecasketoftheskullisbrokenintowithanaxe,andthetwoplump,whitishlobesbeingwithdrawn(preciselyresemblingtwolargepuddings),theyarethenmixedwithflour,andcookedintoamostdelectablemess,inflavorsomewhatresemblingcalves’head,whichisquiteadishamongsomeepicures;andeveryoneknowsthatsomeyoungbucksamongtheepicures,bycontinuallydininguponcalves’brains,byandbygettohavealittlebrainsoftheirown,soastobeabletotellacalf’sheadfromtheirownheads;which,indeed,requiresuncommondiscrimination.Andthatisthereasonwhyayoungbuckwithanintelligentlookingcalf’sheadbeforehim,issomehowoneofthesaddestsightsyoucansee.Theheadlooksasortofreproachfullyathim,withan"EttuBrute!"expression.

           Itisnot,perhaps,entirelybecausethewhaleissoexcessivelyunctuousthatlandsmenseemtoregardtheeatingofhimwithabhorrence;thatappearstoresult,insomeway,fromtheconsiderationbeforementioned:i.e.thatamanshouldeatanewlymurderedthingofthesea,andeatittoobyitsownlight.Butnodoubtthefirstmanthatevermurderedanoxwasregardedasamurderer;perhapshewashung;andifhehadbeenputonhistrialbyoxen,hecertainlywouldhavebeen;andhecertainlydeserveditifanymurdererdoes.Gotothemeat-marketofaSaturdaynightandseethecrowdsoflivebipedsstaringupatthelongrowsofdeadquadrupeds

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