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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale - Melville, Herman ยท 74 words
Now Jonahs Captain, shipmates, was one whose discernment detects crime in any, but whose cupidity exposes it only in the penniless. In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. So Jonahs Captain prepares to test the length of Jonahs purse, ere he judge him openly. He charges him thrice the usual sum; and its assented to.
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