Not P but Moby-Dick (27)

[Mike Jing]

Gotcha. Thanks, Mark.



On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 7:29 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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