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1、MOBYDICKORTHEWHALEbyHermanMelvilleETYMOLOGY(SuppliedbyaLateConsumptiveUshertoaGrammarSchool)ThepaleUsher-threadbareincoat,heart,body,andbrain;Iseehimnow.Hewaseverdustinghisoldlexiconsandgrammars,withaqueerhandkerchief,mockinglyembellishedwithallthegayflag
2、sofalltheknownnationsoftheworld.Helovedtodusthisoldgrammars;itsomehowmildlyremindedhimofhismortality."Whileyoutakeinhandtoschoolothers,andtoteachthembywhatnameawhale-fishistobecalledinourtongueleavingout,throughignorance,theletterH,whichalmostalonemaketht
3、hesignificationoftheword,youdeliverthatwhichisnottrue."HACKLUYT"WHALE.***Sw.andDan.hval.Thisanimalisnamedfromroundnessorrolling;forinDan.hvaltisarchedorvaulted."WEBSTER'SDICTIONARY"WHALE.***ItismoreimmediatelyfromtheDut.andGer.Wallen;A.S.Walw-ian,toroll,t
4、owallow."RICHARDSON'SDICTIONARYKETOS,Greek.CETUS,Latin.WHOEL,Anglo-Saxon.HVALT,Danish.WAL,Dutch.HWAL,Swedish.WHALE,Icelandic.WHALE,English.BALEINE,French.BALLENA,Spanish.PEKEE-NUEE-NUEE,Fegee.PEKEE-NUEE-NUEE,Erromangoan.EXTRACTS(SuppliedbyaSub-Sub-Librari
5、an)Itwillbeseenthatthismerepainstakingburrowerandgrub-wormofapoordevilofaSub-SubappearstohavegonethroughthelongVaticansandstreet-stallsoftheearth,pickingupwhateverrandomallusionstowhaleshecouldanywaysfindinanybookwhatsoever,sacredorprofane.thereforeyoumus
6、tnot,ineverycaseatleast,takethehiggledy-piggledywhalestatements,howeverauthentic,intheseextracts,forveritablegospelcetology.Farfromit.Astouchingtheancientauthorsgenerally,aswellasthepoetshereappearing,theseextractsaresolelyvaluableorentertaining,asaffordi
7、ngaglancingbird'seyeviewofwhathasbeenpromiscuouslysaid,thought,fancied,andsungofLeviathan,bymanynationsandgenerations,includingourown.Sofaretheewell,poordevilofaSub-Sub,whosecommentatorIam.Thoubelongesttothathopeless,sallowtribewhichnowineofthisworldwille
8、verwarm;andforwhomevenPaleSherrywouldbetoorosy-strong;butwithwhomonesometimeslovestosit,andfeelpoor-devilish,too;andgrowconvivialupontears;andsaytothembluntly,withfulleyesandemptyglasses,andinnotaltogetherunpleasant
