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Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
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Killer Whale
BOOK II
(Octavo), CHAPTER II.
(Thrasher)
This gentleman is famous for his tail which he uses for a ferule in thrashing his foes.
He mounts the Folio whale's back, and as he swims, he works his passage by flogging him; as some schoolmasters get along in the world by a similar process.
Still less is known of the Thrasher than of the Killer.
Both are outlaws, even in the lawless seas.
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