...recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this...but is as an errand-boy in heaven ; nor one single Btar can revolve, but by some invisible power ; how then can this one small heart beat ; this one small...

...or inscrutable essence (p. 144), has the same questions concerning the whale's counterpart, himself: "Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?" (p. 445). Thomas Woodson's comment is to the point: Ahab "is continually in doubt of his identity....

...is it ... making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?'" (132:685). Like the order to Pip to remain screwed to the cabin chair, putting literal space between...

...recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this...arm? But if the great sun move not of himself; but is an errand boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power; how then can...

...recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this...arm? But if the great sun move not of himself, but is an errand-boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power; how then can...

...recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm? (CXXXII) This anguished questioning does not mean he wants to turn away. He has already presumed from...

...remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural lovings and longings, I so keep pushing [. . .]? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm? Moby-Dick, 131 Unearthly cozener, inscrutable emperor ... It is the Devil, here too: but within Ahab,...

...must take full responsibility! John Milton The University of Chicago Fall, 1995 CHAPTER 1 Introduction But if the great sun move not of himself; but is as an errand boy in heaven, nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power; how then this one...

...crowding, and jamming myself all the time — and doing what in my proper, natural state I'd never dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who that lifts this arm? If the sun and stars revolve but by some hidden power, then how can this heart beat, this one small...

...recklessly making me ready to do what in my own proper, natural heart, I durst not so much as dare? Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?' " (545). By setting and meeting a standard of consistency so steadfast that it has become self-existent,...