"Clam or Cod?"
—from chapter 15 of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, "Chowder"
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One of my favorite chapters. I love the language. I love the playfulness of the language. I love the playfulness of Ishmael as he orders more bowls of chowder from the kitchen of the Try pots.
"A clam for supper?"
"Oh, sweet friends! hearken to me."
"...a little experiment..."
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This is one of those chapters that does nothing to really further the story, but the story would be much less without it.
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