"I should call this high hump the organ of firmness or indomitableness in the Sperm Whale.
I feel that in order to make up for the lack of brain within the whale out of respect for it Ishmael turns to look at the importance of the hump and backbone. Ishmael talks of the impressiveness of the spine and that the hump is over the largest part of the spine. This makes sense however for when people think of whales they think of the hump and tail for that is all they see. Perhaps this is why people say a man without nerve has a backbone or not.
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