Not P but Moby-Dick (27)

[Mark Kohut]

Maybe something like the quotidian contingencies of life; when they bear
down on one..........what "you've gathered from coincidence"
as Dylan is always singing....

The spirit of rebellion is quashed.....

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 3:53 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 46:
>
> It might be that a long interval would elapse ere the White Whale was seen.
> During that long interval Starbuck would ever be apt to fall into open
> relapses of rebellion against his captain’s leadership, unless some
> ordinary, prudential, circumstantial influences were brought to bear upon
> him.
>
> What does "ordinary" and "circumstantial" mean here? "prudential" seems
> easy to understand.
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