"Is it not curious, that so vast a being as the whale should see the world through so small an eye, and hear the thunder through an ear which is smaller than a hare's? But if his eyes were broad as the lens of Herschel's great telescope; and his ears capacious as the porches of cathedrals; would that make him any longer of sight, or sharper of hearing? Not at all.-Why then do you try to 'enlarge' your mind? Subtilize it."

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About Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is best known for Moby-Dick, now considered a central work of American literature. His other works include Typee, Billy Budd, and Bartleby the Scrivener.

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