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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Melville, Herman

Melville, Herman
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Moby Dick: Chapters 82 - 101

Chapter LXXXII The Honor And Glory Of Whaling

Ishmael tells us that he has become convinced that whaling is a very
ancient activity, as well as an exalted one. The first whaleman was the Greek
hero Perseus, who killed a sea monster to save Andromeda, a king's daughter.
The skeleton of this monster, Ishmael contends, was preserved in a temple of
Joppa - the city from which the second great whaleman, Jonah, began his
voyage. A third great whaleman was St. George. His monster could hardly have
been a mere "crawling reptile of ...

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