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  Herman Melville
1819 - 1891
     
   


M o b y   D i c k ,
o r ,   t h e   W h a l e


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M i d n i g h t   A l o f t .   –   T h u n d e r   a n d   L i g h t n i n g .

THE MAIN-TOP-SAIL YARD. – TASHTEGO
PASSING NEW LASHINGS AROUND IT.
     "UM, um, um. Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here. What's the use of thunder? Um, um, um. We don't want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass of rum. Um, um, um!"