The character is shaped by that which engrosses the attention most.
Rev. W. F. Crafts, Ph.D., says:
A profane sea-captain came to a mission station on the Pacific,
and the missionary talked with him upon religious subjects. The
captain said, “I came away from Nantucket after whales; I have
sailed round Cape Horn for whales; I am now up in the Northern
Pacific Ocean after whales. I think of nothing but whales. I
fear your labor would be entirely lost upon me, and I ought to
be very frank with you. I care for nothing by day but whales,
and I dream of them at night. If you should open my heart I
think you would find the shape of a sperm-whale there.”
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