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ancient cradle of civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq
- ...profits, not upon fixed wages, but upon their common luck, together with their common vigilance, intrepidity, and hard work; though all these things do in some cases tend to beget a less rigorous discipline than in merchantmen generally; yet, never mind how much like an old Mesopotamian family these whalemen may, in some primitive instances, live together; for all that, the punctilious externals, at least, of the quarter-deck are seldom materially relaxed, and in no instance done away.Chapters 31-33 — Queen Mab; Cetology; The Specksnyder (92% in)
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