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Moby Dick - Chapters 112, 113 and 114

Phoebe Reads a Mystery

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Canst Thou Smooth a Seam?

Captain ahab asked the blacksmith why he could not go mad. Blacksmith replied, I am past scorching. Not easily. Canst thou scorch a scar well, well, no more? Sounds too calmly, sanely woeful to me. In no paradise myself. That is not mad. Thou shouldst go mad. But away with child's play. No more gaffs and pikes to day. Look, ye here, these are the gathered nail stubs of the steel shoes of racing horses. These stubs will weld together like glue from the melted bones of murderers. And i think i can all seams in dents, but one, look yee here

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