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this is so anger inducing. the Mossbacher's way of thinking seems so unbelievable, but you see it in so many people around you. The amount of thoughts that go unreflected is shocking, in this book as well as in real life😭

"Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure.
(...) Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea; all whose creatures prey upon each other, carrying on eternal war since the world began."

someone should write a short version of this and leave out the detailed chapters. for example those about the different kinds of whales. because they sound as if Melville was trying to brag about what he learned in the writing process🥱🥱🥱

and they were roommates