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Now
,
in
that
Japanese
sea
,
the
days
in
summer
are
as
freshets
of
effulgences
.
That
unblinkingly
vivid
Japanese
sun
seems
the
blazing
focus
of
the
glassy
ocean
's
immeasurable
burning-glass
.
The
sky
looks
lacquered
;
clouds
there
are
none
;
the
horizon
floats
;
and
this
nakedness
of
unrelieved
radiance
is
as
the
insufferable
splendors
of
God
's
throne
.
Well
that
Ahab
's
quadrant
was
furnished
with
colored
glasses
,
through
which
to
take
sight
of
that
solar
fire
.
So
,
swinging
his
seated
form
to
the
roll
of
the
ship
,
and
with
his
astrological-looking
instrument
placed
to
his
eye
,
he
remained
in
that
posture
for
some
moments
to
catch
the
precise
instant
when
the
sun
should
gain
its
precise
meridian
.
Meantime
while
his
whole
attention
was
absorbed
,
the
Parsee
was
kneeling
beneath
him
on
the
ship
's
deck
,
and
with
face
thrown
up
like
Ahab
's
,
was
eyeing
the
same
sun
with
him
;
only
the
lids
of
his
eyes
half
hooded
their
orbs
,
and
his
wild
face
was
subdued
to
an
earthly
passionlessness
.
At
length
the
desired
observation
was
taken
;
and
with
his
pencil
upon
his
ivory
leg
,
Ahab
soon
calculated
what
his
latitude
must
be
at
that
precise
instant
.
Then
falling
into
a
moment
's
revery
,
he
again
looked
up
towards
the
sun
and
murmured
to
himself
:
"
Thou
seamark
!
thou
high
and
mighty
Pilot
!
thou
tellest
me
truly
where
I
am
--
but
canst
thou
cast
the
least
hint
where
I
shall
be
?
Or
canst
thou
tell
where
some
other
thing
besides
me
is
this
moment
living
?
Where
is
Moby
Dick
?
This
instant
thou
must
be
eyeing
him
.
These
eyes
of
mine
look
into
the
very
eye
that
is
even
now
beholding
him
;
aye
,
and
into
the
eye
that
is
even
now
equally
beholding
the
objects
on
the
unknown
,
thither
side
of
thee
,
thou
sun
!
"
Then
gazing
at
his
quadrant
,
and
handling
,
one
after
the
other
,
its
numerous
cabalistical
contrivances
,
he
pondered
again
,
and
muttered
:
"
Foolish
toy
!
babies
'
plaything
of
haughty
Admirals
,
and
Commodores
,
and
Captains
;
the
world
brags
of
thee
,
of
thy
cunning
and
might
;
but
what
after
all
canst
thou
do
,
but
tell
the
poor
,
pitiful
point
,
where
thou
thyself
happenest
to
be
on
this
wide
planet
,
and
the
hand
that
holds
thee
:
no
!
not
one
jot
more
!
Thou
canst
not
tell
where
one
drop
of
water
or
one
grain
of
sand
will
be
to-morrow
noon
;
and
yet
with
thy
impotence
thou
insultest
the
sun
!
Science
!
Curse
thee
,
thou
vain
toy
;
and
cursed
be
all
the
things
that
cast
man
's
eyes
aloft
to
that
heaven
,
whose
live
vividness
but
scorches
him
,
as
these
old
eyes
are
even
now
scorched
with
thy
light
,
O
sun
!
Level
by
nature
to
this
earth
's
horizon
are
the
glances
of
man
's
eyes
;
not
shot
from
the
crown
of
his
head
,
as
if
God
had
meant
him
to
gaze
on
his
firmament
.
Curse
thee
,
thou
quadrant
!
"
dashing
it
to
the
deck
,
"
no
longer
will
I
guide
my
earthly
way
by
thee
;
the
level
ship
's
compass
,
and
the
level
deadreckoning
,
by
log
and
by
line
;
these
shall
conduct
me
,
and
show
me
my
place
on
the
sea
.
Aye
,
"
lighting
from
the
boat
to
the
deck
,
"
thus
I
trample
on
thee
,
thou
paltry
thing
that
feebly
pointest
on
high
;
thus
I
split
and
destroy
thee
!
"
As
the
frantic
old
man
thus
spoke
and
thus
trampled
with
his
live
and
dead
feet
,
a
sneering
triumph
that
seemed
meant
for
Ahab
,
and
a
fatalistic
despair
that
seemed
meant
for
himself
--
these
passed
over
the
mute
,
motionless
Parsee
's
face
.
Unobserved
he
rose
and
glided
away
;
while
,
awestruck
by
the
aspect
of
their
commander
,
the
seamen
clustered
together
on
the
forecastle
,
till
Ahab
,
troubledly
pacing
the
deck
,
shouted
out
--
"
To
the
braces
!
Up
helm
!
--
square
in
!
"
In
an
instant
the
yards
swung
round
;
and
as
the
ship
half-wheeled
upon
her
heel
,
her
three
firm-seated
graceful
masts
erectly
poised
upon
her
long
,
ribbed
hull
,
seemed
as
the
three
Horatii
pirouetting
on
one
sufficient
steed
.
Standing
between
the
knight-heads
,
Starbuck
watched
the
Pequod
's
tumultuous
way
,
and
Ahab
's
also
,
as
he
went
lurching
along
the
deck
.
"
I
have
sat
before
the
dense
coal
fire
and
watched
it
all
aglow
,
full
of
its
tormented
flaming
life
;
and
I
have
seen
it
wane
at
last
,
down
,
down
,
to
dumbest
dust
.
Old
man
of
oceans
!
of
all
this
fiery
life
of
thine
,
what
will
at
length
remain
but
one
little
heap
of
ashes
!
"
"
Aye
,
"
cried
Stubb
,
"
but
sea-coal
ashes
--
mind
ye
that
,
Mr.
Starbuck
--
sea-coal
,
not
your
common
charcoal
.
Well
,
well
!
I
heard
Ahab
mutter
,
'
Here
some
one
thrusts
these
cards
into
these
old
hands
of
mine
;
swears
that
I
must
play
them
,
and
no
others
