The Whiteness of The Whale

           WhatthewhitewhalewastoAhab,hasbeenhinted;what,attimes,hewastome,asyetremainsunsaid.

           AsidefromthosemoreobviousconsiderationstouchingMobyDick,whichcouldnotbutoccasionallyawakeninanyman’ssoulsomealarm,therewasanotherthought,orrathervague,namelesshorrorconcerninghim,whichattimesbyitsintensitycompletelyoverpoweredalltherest;andyetsomysticalandwellnighineffablewasit,thatIalmostdespairofputtingitinacomprehensibleform.Itwasthewhitenessofthewhalethataboveallthingsappalledme.ButhowcanIhopetoexplainmyselfhere;andyet,insomedim,randomway,explainmyselfImust,elseallthesechaptersmightbenaught.

           Thoughinmanynaturalobjects,whitenessrefininglyenhancesbeauty,asifimpartingsomespecialvirtueofitsown,asinmarbles,japonicas,andpearls;andthoughvariousnationshaveinsomewayrecognisedacertainroyalpreeminenceinthishue;eventhebarbaric,grandoldkingsofPeguplacingthetitle"LordoftheWhiteElephants"abovealltheirothermagniloquentascriptionsofdominion;andthemodernkingsofSiamunfurlingthesamesnow-whitequadrupedintheroyalstandard;andtheHanoverianflagbearingtheonefigureofasnow-whitecharger;andthegreatAustrianEmpire,Caesarian,heirtooverlordingRome,havingfortheimperialcolorthesameimperialhue;andthoughthispre-eminenceinitappliestothehumanraceitself,givingthewhitemanidealmastershipovereveryduskytribe;andthough,besides,allthis,whitenesshasbeenevenmadesignificantofgladness,foramongtheRomansawhitestonemarkedajoyfulday;andthoughinothermortalsympathiesandsymbolizings,thissamehueismadetheemblemofmanytouching,noblethingstheinnocenceofbrides,thebenignityofage;

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