Not P but Moby-Dick (62)

[Michael Bailey]

(Mike Jing)
What exactly does "Oh! that unfulfilments should follow the prophets." mean
> here? What would be a more explicit paraphrase?


Ian Livingston:
“(drily) "Oh, what a shame," even Leviathan is shamed with cowardice by our
skill, courage, and technology.


Imho that’s perfect - the “drily” captures a sarcastic tone that redeems
the passage from straightforward, unseemly triumphalism