Not P but Moby-Dick (78)

[Mark Kohut]

Moby Dick <https://www.jstor.org/stable/27541745>
W Glasser - The Sewanee Review, 1969 - JSTOR
… Though a man of good intellect, Starbuck lets faith and fancy oust from
his mind any irreligious
fact or memory about his world, "lest Truth *shake* *me* *falsely*". How
can Star buck maintain …

The Shadow in Moby-Dick <https://www.jstor.org/stable/2711373>
J Halverson - American Quarterly, 1963 - JSTOR
… As for the doubloon that "but mirrors back" the viewer's "mysterious
self"-"I will quit it, lest
Truth *shake* *me* *falsely*." He foolishly denies his own dark side: "Oh,
life! 'tis now that I do feel the …
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On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 2:30 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 99:
>
> Yet, oh, the great sun is no fixture; and if, at midnight, we would fain
> snatch some sweet solace from him, we gaze for him in vain! This coin
> speaks wisely, mildly, truly, but still sadly to me. I will quit it, lest
> Truth shake me falsely.
>
> What does "shake me falsely" mean here?
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