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And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of… — Herman Melville

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And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out.

Herman Melville
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · 1851
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ObsessionHuntingWhalesCharismatic megafaunaAnimals
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1851
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Herman Melville
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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 36.
Original citation
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 36.

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