Ch. 5 + Breakfast "However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity." -- True enough, that. " Yes, here were a set of sea-dogs, many of whom without the slightest bashfulness had boarded great whales on the high seas -- entire strangers to them -- and duelled them dead without winking; and yet, here they sat at a social breakfast table -- all of the same calling, all of kindred tastes -- looking round as sheepishly at each other as though they had never been out of sight of some sheepfold among the Green Mountains. A curious sight; these bashful bears, these timid warrior whalemen! " -- Courage is relative "...everyone knows that in most people's estimation, to do anything coolly is to do it genteelly." -- Ishmael on Queequeg's strange table manners

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