2. PART A: What is the meaning of “nosegay," as it
is used in paragraph 14?

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease

the writer needs to avoid using abbreviations and check spelling before sharing.

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,