Melville, Herman Moby-Dick

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In Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote that the whale men were... 

In Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote that the whale men were enveloped in whale lines, that each man relied on the others during moments of danger. 

Adapted from Moby Dick by Herman Melville Ch. 134. Penguin Modern Classics, London, originally 1851. 

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