All 4 Uses of
humane
in
Moby Dick
- He did not seem to think that he at all deserved a medal from the Humane and Magnanimous Societies.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- But humane Starbuck was too late.†
Chpt 79-81
- I am horror-struck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must needs exist after all humane ages are over.†
Chpt 103-105
- But most humble though he was, and far from furnishing an example of the high, humane abstraction; the Pequod's carpenter was no duplicate; hence, he now comes in person on this stage.†
Chpt 106-108
Definition:
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(humane) characterized by kindness -- especially a motivation to reduce suffering of others or of animals