Not P but Moby-Dick (57)

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Jan 22 09:30:25 UTC 2024


“you will”= declarative statement predicting future state of being.

“Yet” = despite your current lack (be patient).

“have reason to know" = gain reasoned knowledge.

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 2:50 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 80:
>
> This august hump, if I mistake not, rises over one of the larger vertebræ,
> and is, therefore, in some sort, the outer convex mould of it. From its
> relative situation then, I should call this high hump the organ of firmness
> or indomitableness in the Sperm Whale.  And that the great monster is
> indomitable, you will yet have reason to know.
>
> What does "you will yet have reason to know" mean?
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