The whaler is my scientist and the bible is my textbook.
The thirty-second chapter of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is entitled, “Cetology.” While this chapter can appear to be a somewhat dry breakdown and description of whale phylogeny, the manner in which Ishmael discusses the cetacean order is revealing of him as a character, and therefore of Herman Melville as a designer and director of this … Continue reading The whaler is my scientist and the bible is my textbook.
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