Both Uses of
crusade
in
Moby Dick
- Starbuck was no crusader after perils; in him courage was not a sentiment; but a thing simply useful to him, and always at hand upon all mortally practical occasions.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- For even the high lifted and chivalric Crusaders of old times were not content to traverse two thousand miles of land to fight for their holy sepulchre, without committing burglaries, picking pockets, and gaining other pious perquisites by the way.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(crusade as in: a crusade against pollution) a long and determined effort for a cause that is passionately believed to be important