Ahab, the Scheming, Unappeasedly Steadfast Hunter of the White Whale, Was Not the Agent That Caused Him to Burst From It in Horror

Ahab was often forced from his hammock by exhausting and intolerably vivid dreams of the night. When this hell and himself yawned beneath him, a wild cry would be heard through the ship. With glaring eyes, ahab would burst from his stateroom as though escaping from a bed that was on fire. He whose intense thinking thus makes prometheus a vulture, feeds upon that heart forever. God help thee old man. Thy thoughts have created a creature in thee.