Not P but Moby-Dick (57)

[Mike Jing]

Got it. Thanks all for replying.

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 4:30 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> “you will”= declarative statement predicting future state of being.
>
> “Yet” = despite your current lack (be patient).
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> “have reason to know" = gain reasoned knowledge.
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> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 2:50 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> From Chapter 80:
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>> 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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