Not P but Moby-Dick (99)

[Mike Jing]

Ah, I should have got that. Thanks, Mark.


On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 2:25 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> a share of the whaling haul. Called a lay.
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> Each man received a “lay,” or percentage of the profits, instead of wages,
> the size depending upon his status. The captain earned the ...
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> On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 2:14 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
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>> From Chapter 126:
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>> We work by the month, or by the job, or by the profit; not for us to ask
>> the why and wherefore of our work, unless it be too confounded cobbling,
>> and then we stash it if we can.
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>> What does "work by the profit" mean exactly?
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