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And so we stripped our first whale and boiled the blubber down
to a fine, pure oil that would keep the lamps burning
in a thousand homes. The clocks ticking on their mantelpieces. And perhaps, anoint the head of a king. And when at last we cast
the whale's bared bones into the sea, we were in no way sad at its funeral
to a fine, pure oil that would keep the lamps burning
in a thousand homes. The clocks ticking on their mantelpieces. And perhaps, anoint the head of a king. And when at last we cast
the whale's bared bones into the sea, we were in no way sad at its funeral
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And so we stripped our first whale
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and boiled the blubber down
to a fine, pure oil
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that would keep the lamps burning
in a thousand homes.
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The clocks ticking on their mantelpieces.
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And perhaps,
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anoint the head of a king.
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And when at last we cast
the whale's bared bones into the sea,
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we were in no way sad at its funeral.
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Movie Summary
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
