Pequod's preparation was overseen by men who owned the ship together with Ahab but were no longer sailors, they were now just investors and owners. They didn't know what Ahab was planning and what would happen to the crew and they probably would've stopped it if they had known.
<span> It is better to settle these matters in the courts than on the streets, and new laws are needed at every level, but law alone cannot make men see right. this sentence </span>