Chapter 9 (The Sermon)
Father Mapple climbs his rope-ladder pulpit and preaches on Jonah: 'Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the waters when God has brewed them into a gale!'
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From Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Whaleman's Chapel sermon on Jonah frames the novel's themes of disobedience, prophecy, and the terrible will of God.
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