"I learned the history of that murderous monster against who i and all the others had taken out oaths of violence and revenge" (194).
"Moby-Dick was ubiquitous; that he had actually been encountered in opposite latitudes at one and the same instance of time" (197).
"Moby-Dick not only ubiquitous, but immortal" (198).
“Every dismembering or death that he caused, was not wholly regarded as having been inflicted by an unintelligent agent” (199).
“All evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby-Dick” (200). Most sailors view Moby-Dick as a deity. Many rumors support this belief including, "Moby-Dick was ubiquitous; that he had actually been encountered in opposite latitudes at one and the same instance of time" (197), and, "Moby-Dick not only ubiquitous, but immortal" (198). They believe that he was so powerful he can be everywhere at once. He had control over his actions and he was intelligent and he knew he was killing men and did it on purpose, “Every dismembering or death that he caused, was not wholly regarded as having been inflicted by an unintelligent agent” (199). Sailors, especially Captain Ahab, believed that Moby-Dick was an evil monster, saying, "I learned the history of that murderous monster against who I and all the others had taken out oaths of violence and revenge" (194). Captain Ahab saw Moby-Dick as the ultimate evil, “All evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby-Dick” (200).