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…showed last 75 words of 3477 total…countless species of whales, it becomes rather annoying. Melville, at one point, spends an extremely long amount of time describing many various species of whales, that, at first, is somewhat interesting, but in time will put you to sleep. This flaw and others like it make Moby-Dick a very challenging novel to comprehend, but it makes up for its cons with its unmatched writing quality and the overwhelming amount of knowledge it has to offer.