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Whales
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American whale oil lit the world. It was used in the production of soap, textiles, leather, paints, and varnishes, and it lubricated the tools and machines that drove the Industrial Revolution. The baleen cut from the mouths of whales shaped the course of feminine fashion by putting the hoop in hooped skirts and giving form to stomachtightening
and chest-crushing corsets. Spermaceti, the waxy substance from the heads of sperm whales, produced the brightest- and cleanest-burning candles the world
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― Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
― Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
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The sandy, almost barren island provided little sustenance, and, although the islanders were mostly Quakers, professing a pure doctrine of non-violence, they were quick studies, soon embracing killing of whales. To Melville, these Nantucketers were ‘Quakers with a vengeance’.
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― Whale
― Whale
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