The Doubloon

From Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The gold coin nailed to the mast becomes a mirror in which every crew member reads his own meaning—Melville's emblem of interpretive multiplicity.
Chapter 99 (The Doubloon)

Each character interprets the coin differently. 'And some certain significance lurks in all things, else all things are little worth.'

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