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Bambang Irawan Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Moby Dick Novel
What is the meaning of "whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street"?
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"Hypos" means hypochondria, which now means excessive worry about illness, but in Melville's day meant depression. Ishmael is saying that when he gets depressed it requires strict mental discipline not to do crazy things.
- "Hypos" means hypochondria, which now means excessive worry about illness, but in Melville's day meant depression.
- Ishmael is saying that when he gets depressed it requires strict mental discipline not to do crazy things.
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"Hypos" means hypochondria, which now means excessive worry about illness, but in Melville's day meant depression. Ishmael is saying that when he gets depressed it requires strict mental discipline not to do crazy things.
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