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ENDERBY, OF LONDON Ship, ahoy! Hast seen the White Whale? So cried Ahab,
once more hailing a ship showing English colors, bearing down under the
stern. Trumpet to mouth, the old man was standing in his hoisted
quarter-boat, his ivory leg plainly revealed to the stranger captain, who
was carelessly reclining in his own boat's bow. He was a darkly-tanned,
burly, good-natured, fine-looking man, of sixty or thereabouts, dressed in
a spacious roundabout, that hung round him in festoons of blue pilot-cloth;
and one empty arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of
a huzzar's surcoat. Hast seen the White Whale? See you this? and
withdrawing it from the fold that had hidden it, he held up a white arm of
sperm whale bone, terminating in a wooden head like a mallet. Man my boat!
cried Ahab, impetuously, and tossing about the oars near him -- Stand by to
lower! In less than a minute, without quitting his little craft, he and
his crew were dropped to the water, and were soon alongside of the stranger.
But here a curious difficulty presented itself. In the excitement of the
moment, Ahab had forgotten that since the loss of his leg he had never once
stepped on board of any vessel at sea but his own, and then it was always by
an ingenious and very handy mechanical contrivance peculiar to the Pequod,
and a thing not to be rigged and shipped in any other vessel at a moment's
warning. Now, it is no very easy matter for anybody --except those who are
almost hourly used to it, like whalemen --to clamber up a ship's side from a
boat on the open sea; for the great swells now lift the boat high up towards
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the bulwarks, and then instantaneously drop it half way down to the kelson.
so, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether
unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced
to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height
he could hardly hope to attain. It has before been hinted, perhaps, that
every little untoward circumstance that befel him, and which indirectly
sprang from his luckless mishap, almost invariably irritated or exasperated
Ahab. And in the present instance, all this was heightened by the sight of
the two officers of the strange ship, leaning over the side, by the
perpendicular ladder of nailed cleets there, and swinging towards him a pair
of tastefully-ornamented man-ropes; for at first they did not seem to bethink
them that a one-legged man must be too much of a cripple to use their sea
bannisters. But this awkwardness only lasted a minute, because the strange
captain, observing at a glance how affairs stood, cried out, I see, I see!
--avast heaving there! Jump, boys, and swing over the cutting-tackle. As
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PRACTICAL RULES
FOB THE
.PROMOTION OF DOMESTIC HAPPINESS
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.ON THE MARRIED STATE
Why should our joys transform to pain 7 "
,Why gentle Hymen's silken chain
A bond of iron prove 7
Tis strange, my friends, the charm that binds ' '
,Millions of hands, should leave their minds
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.Watts —".At such a loose from love
.maxims and rules for the regulation of the conduct of married people, occasionally published in newspapers and magazines, are liable to very strong objections The
the wife, and a correlative superiority or authority on the part of quently imply a highly improper degree of subordination or subservience on the part of . -They fre
Those maxims .the husband, which are incompatible with that cordiality, harmony, and good feeling that ought to subsist in such a near and indissoluble connexion
.produce a tendency on the one hand, to exercise, and on the other to resist, authority—the parent of collision and warfare
intentioned; but who, acting under erroneous views of rights and duties, fall into error from -These observations apply to parties who are on the whole well
I have no reference to husbands, of whom, by the way, I have known some—I hope the race is nearly extinct—who treat their wives almost as if .misconceptions
.servants, and rarely address them but in a tone approaching to that of command -they were upper
Horace, the prince of poetical philosophers, lays down an excellent rule applicable to all the social relations, and to none more appropriately than to the matrimonial
and if the latter ;elevate a balance, and throw my sins and imperfections into one scale, and my good qualities into the other "he says, "Let my friend, " .state
one of the most important secrets of social ! How wise a maxim ".preponderate, let him take me to his bosom; and I shall deal with him on precisely the same terms
How often do we see a single failing, and perhaps a very venial one, produce lasting discord !But how frequently and perniciously is it disregarded .happiness
!between the nearest relatives and friends
Let husbands and wives bear constantly in mind that as they are imperfect themselves, they ought not only to forgive, but to overlook, all the minor imperfections of
.their partners, and never allow one or two failings, follies, or even vices, to throw into the shade a host of good qualities, as occasionally occurs
.RULES FOR HUSBANDS
Always regard your wife as your equal; treat her with kindness, respect, and attention; and never address her with the appearance of an air of authority, as if she .I
.misguided husbands appear to regard their wives, a mere housekeeper were, as some
.Never interfere in her domestic concerns, hiring servants, &c .II
Always keep her properly supplied with money for furnishing your table in a style proportioned to your means, and for the purchase of dress, and whatever other .III
.articles she may require, suitable to her station in life
.Cheerfully and promptly comply with all her reasonable requests .IV
Never be so unjust as to lose your temper towards her, in consequence of indifferent cookery, or irregularity in the hours of meals, or any other mismanagement .V
.of her servants; knowing the difficulty of making many of them do their duty
Many a man has been .If she have prudence and good sense, consult her on all great operations, involving the risk of very serious injury, in case of failure .VI
rescued from ruin by the wise counsels of his wife; and many a foolish husband has most seriously injured himself and family, by the rejection
A husband can never consult a counsellor more deeply interested in !of the advice of his wife, stupidly fearing, if he followed it, he would be regarded as henpecked
.his welfare than his wife
If distressed or embarrassed in your circumstances, communicate your situation to her with candour, that she may bear your difficulties in mind in her .VII
Women sometimes, believing their husbands' circumstances better than they really are, disburse money which cannot be well afforded, and which, if .expenditures
.they knew the real situation of their husbands' affairs, they would shrink from expending
.Never on any account chide or rebuke your wife in company, should she make any mistake in history, geography, grammar, or indeed on any other subject .VIII
that they would )and such wives deserve to be treated with the utmost delicacy,(There are, I am persuaded, many wives of such keen feelings and high spirits,
rather receive a severe and bitter scolding in private, than a rebuke in compa
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