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Involuntary Actions

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A curious and most puzzling question might be started concerning this visual matter as touching the Leviathan. But I must be content with a hint. So long as a man’s eyes are open in the light, the act of seeing is involuntary; that is, he cannot then help mechanically seeing whatever objects are before him.

Chapter 74, The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View · verse 9

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