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Health Vs. Illness

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

A hot old man! I guess he’s got what some folks ashore call a conscience; it’s a kind of Tic-Dolly-row they say—worse nor a toothache. Well, well; I don’t know what it is, but the Lord keep me from catching it.

Chapter 29, Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb · verse 9

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