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- # CHAPTER XLIX. NEVERSINK.
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [White-Jacket](arke:01KG8AJ89Z18FKVJV5H0488ZAZ) by Herman Melville. The chapter, titled "CHAPTER XLIX. NEVERSINK," appears between lines 7991 and 8086 of the source file, [white_jacket.txt](arke:01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY). It was extracted on January 30, 2026, as part of a structure extraction process.
## Context
The chapter is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by [CHAPTER XLVIII.
PURSER, PURSER’S STEWARD, AND POSTMASTER IN A MAN-OF-WAR.](arke:01KG8AJS32203GH1TAYAPC2ZQ9) and followed by [CHAPTER L. THE BAY OF ALL BEAUTIES.](arke:01KG8AJS32QVSMK748G59PEEW2).
## Contents
This chapter discusses rumors of war with England reaching the narrator and his shipmates aboard the Neversink while in port in Callao, Peru and Rio de Janeiro. The narrator contrasts the common sailors' aversion to war with the officers' eagerness for it, attributing this to the officers' desire for promotion and glory through battle. The chapter also reflects on the inherent antagonism between officers and enlisted men in a man-of-war and the broader implications for human nature and tyranny. The chapter is divided into two chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AMETCF66J1SW1QF02RHYD) and [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AMETCYMTSXGVBQ641152F).
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