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Bare-headed in the sultry sun, Ahab\r\n        stood on the bowsprit, and with one hand pushed far behind in\r\n        readiness to wave his orders to the helmsman, cast his eager glance\r\n        in the direction indicated aloft by the outstretched motionless arm\r\n        of Daggoo.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n    <p>\r\n        Whether the flitting attendance of the one still and solitary jet had\r\n        gradually worked upon Ahab, so that he was now prepared to connect\r\n        the ideas of mildness and repose with the first sight of the particular\r\n        whale he pursued; however this was, or whether his eagerness betrayed\r\n        him, whichever way it might have been, no sooner did he distinctly\r\n        perceive the white mass, than with a quick intensity he instantly gave\r\n        orders for lowering.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/main>\r\n\r\n<footer class=\"rush-footer\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"rush-links\">\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/the-gallows-ye-mean\/\">The gallows, ye mean<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/rushing-to-the-yard-arms\/\">Rushing to the yard-arms<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/gamming\/\">Gamming<\/a>\r\n        <a href=\"\/wordpress\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"rush-copy\">Literature Circles 2024<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/footer>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literature Circles Home About Us Contact Us Meetings Rushing to the yard-arms Upon this, the seamen rushed to the yard-arms, as in swarming-time the bees rush to the boughs. Bare-headed in the sultry sun, Ahab stood on the bowsprit, and with one hand pushed far behind in readiness to wave his orders to the helmsman, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbarlow.mgdstudent.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}