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The Needle

           Butineithercase,theneedleneveragain,ofitself,recoverstheoriginalvirtuethusmarredorlost;andifthebinnaclecompassesbeaffected,thesamefatereachesalltheothersthatmaybeintheship;evenwerethelowermostoneinsertedintothekelson.

           Deliberatelystandingbeforethebinnacle,andeyeingthetranspointedcompasses,theoldman,withthesharpofhisextendedhand,nowtooktheprecisebearingofthesun,andsatisfiedthattheneedleswereexactlyinverted,shoutedouthisordersfortheship’scoursetobechangedaccordingly.Theyardswerehardup;andoncemorethePequodthrustherundauntedbowsintotheopposingwind,forthesupposedfaironehadonlybeenjugglingher.

           Meanwhile,whateverwerehisownsecretthoughts,Starbucksaidnothing,butquietlyheissuedallrequisiteorders;whileStubbandFlaskwhoinsomesmalldegreeseemedthentobesharinghisfeelingslikewiseunmurmuringlyacquiesced.Asforthemen,thoughsomeofthemlowlyrumbled,theirfearofAhabwasgreaterthantheirfearofFate.Butaseverbefore,thepaganharpooneersremainedalmostwhollyunimpressed;orifimpressed,itwasonlywithacertainmagnetismshotintotheircongenialheartsfrominflexibleAhab’s.

           Foraspacetheoldmanwalkedthedeckinrollingreveries.Butchancingtoslipwithhisivoryheel,hesawthecrushedcoppersight-tubesofthequadranthehadthedaybeforedashedtothedeck.

           "Thoupoor,proudheaven-gazerandsun’spilot!yesterdayIwreckedthee,andto-daythecompasseswouldfainhavewreckedme.So,so.

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