Call me Ishmael.

“But how? Genius in the Sperm Whale? Has the Sperm Whale ever written a book, sp…”

“Two hundred years ago an old Dutch voyager likened its shape to that of a shoem…”

“Round the World! There is much in that sound to inspire proud feelings; but whe…”

“But this whole world is a preposterous one, with many preposterous people in it.”