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Artistic Interpretation

1 passage in the novel carry this mark, in the order they appear.

But stop; does it not bear a faint resemblance to a gigantic fish? even the great leviathan himself?

In fact, the artist’s design seemed this: a final theory of my own, partly based upon the aggregated opinions of many aged persons with whom I conversed upon the subject.

Chapter 3, The Spouter-Inn · verse 4

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