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one captain, seizing the line-knife from his broken prow, had dashed at the whale, as an Arkansas duelist at his foe, blindly seeking with a six-inch ...more

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Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smalle...more

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Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore,...more