114 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



go to war, but live together in cordial and happy 

 amity, and render each other all the help in their 

 power when in distress. They read to predatory 

 and contentious man the same lesson that 

 Milton derives from the concord of the fallen 

 angels : 



" shame to men ! devil with devil damn'd 



Firm concord holds ; men only disagree 



Of creatures rational, though under hope 



Of heavenly grace ; and, God proclaiming peace, 



Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife 



Among themselves, and levy cruel "wars, 



Wasting the earth, each other to destroy : 



As if (which might induce us to accord) 



Man had not hellish foes enow "besides, 



That, day and night, for his destruction wait." 



