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Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t eat too much. Comic from Shaaark ~WhySharksMatter
from so simple a beginning, endless forms, most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
Thanks to everyone who’s followed along with us on our journey through the maritime classic – Moby Dick. I hope the pace is not too slow or too fast for anyone.
For those just joining us, we’re reading through Moby Dick a few chapters a week. You can follow along with your own copy or use the excellent Power Moby Dick website, complete will full text and annotations. Updates are posted every Tuesday and Thursday, with occasional Sundays. Each update includes a short summary (in verse) of the chapter. Reproduced below are the entries from chapters 17 through 33:
and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity,
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one;
The fender keeps my house from hitting the dock.
Charlie squares off against a mighty bobcat.
