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- # CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
## Overview
This is a chapter titled "CHAPTER 9. The Sermon." from the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T). It exists as a digital record extracted on January 30, 2026. The chapter's text begins with the phrase "are all landsmen; of week days pent up in lath and plaster—tied to".
## Context
The chapter is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection and was extracted from the text file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). It is preceded by [CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.](arke:01KG8AK5GDQQMB692A59SBD4XR) and followed by [CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.](arke:01KG8AK5GD6ZPT130VT873PZ63).
## Contents
This chapter record contains the title "CHAPTER 9. The Sermon." and a snippet of the chapter's opening text. The chapter begins on line 850 of the source file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6) and ends on line 850.
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