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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XXV · Postscript

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In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.
But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his causesuch an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?
It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.
There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.
How they use the salt, preciselywho knows?
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XXV · Postscript

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In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.
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But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his causesuch an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?
Line 3
It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.
Line 4
There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.
Line 5
How they use the salt, preciselywho knows?
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a

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advance

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advocate

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after

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

an

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

and

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

at

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

be

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behalf

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

blameworthy

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

but

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

called

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From this reading There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

caster

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From this reading There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

cause

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

certain

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coronation

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curious

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dignity

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

eloquently

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embattling

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even

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facts

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

fain

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

for

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functions

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gone

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

he

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

his

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

How

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From this reading How they use the salt, precisely—who knows?

I

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

In

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

is

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It

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

kings

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

known

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

knows

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From this reading How they use the salt, precisely—who knows?

may

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From this reading There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

might

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

modern

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naught

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

not

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

of

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

ones

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precisely

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process

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queens

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salt

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From this reading How they use the salt, precisely—who knows?

saltcellar

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From this reading There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

seasoning

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should

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

so

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From this reading There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

state

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From this reading There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

substantiated

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

such

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

suppress

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

surmise

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

tell

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

that

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

the

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

their

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

them

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

There

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From this reading There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

they

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From this reading How they use the salt, precisely—who knows?

through

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unreasonable

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upon

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

use

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From this reading How they use the salt, precisely—who knows?

well

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From this reading It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.

whaling

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.

which

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

who

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

wholly

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From this reading But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause—such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy?

would

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From this reading In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts.