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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A whale is killed-a great sperm whale .
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Fourth, Ishmael makes it clear that an enraged sperm whale will charge and sink a large sailing vessel like the Pequod.
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Taking yet another example, compare the visual fields of man, rabbits and the sperm whale .
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The sperm whale dives to a mile and more and can stay under for two hours.
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The nobler of the two is the sperm whale .
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Up to this point Ishmael has told us a good deal about the great sperm whale .
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Well, he explains, he once dissected a baby sperm whale brought aboard ship.