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Moby Dick; or The Whale

CHAPTER 16
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Never say it anywhere.

Captain Ahab did not name himself.
'Twas a foolish, ignorant whim of his crazy, widowed mother, who died when he was only a twelvemonth old.

And yet the old squaw Tistig, at Gayhead, said that the name would somehow prove prophetic.

And, perhaps, other fools like her may tell thee the same.

I wish to warn thee.


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