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The Whiteness of The Whale

           ThispeculiarityismostvividlyhitbytheFrenchinthenametheybestowuponthatfish.TheRomishmassforthedeadbeginswith"Requiemeternam"(eternalrest),whenceRequiemdenominatingthemassitself,andanyotherfuneralmusic.Now,inallusiontothewhite,silentstillnessofdeathinthisshark,andthemilddeadlinessofhishabits,theFrenchcallhimRequin.

           Bethinktheeofthealbatross,whencecomethosecloudsofspiritualwondermentandpaledread,inwhichthatwhitephantomsailsinallimaginations?NotColeridgefirstthrewthatspell;butGod’sgreat,unflatteringlaureate,Nature.

           Iassert,then,thatinthewondrousbodilywhitenessofthebirdchieflylurksthesecretofthespell;atruththemoreevincedinthis,thatbyasolecismoftermstherearebirdscalledgreyalbatrosses;andtheseIhavefrequentlyseen,butneverwithsuchemotionsaswhenIbeheldtheAntarcticfowl.

           Buthowhadthemysticthingbeencaught?Whisperitnot,andIwilltell;withatreacheroushookandline,asthefowlfloatedonthesea.AtlasttheCaptainmadeapostmanofit;tyingalettered,leatherntallyrounditsneck,withtheship’stimeandplace;andthenlettingitescape.ButIdoubtnot,thatleatherntally,meantforman,wastakenoffinHeaven,whenthewhitefowlflewtojointhewing-folding,theinvoking,andadoringcherubim!

           MostfamousinourWesternannalsandIndiantraditionsisthatoftheWhiteSteedofthePrairies;amagnificentmilk-whitecharger,large-eyed,small-headed,bluff-chested,andwiththedignityofathousandmonarchsinhislofty,overscorningcarriage.

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