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The Whiteness of The Whale

           Andthosesublimertowers,theWhiteMountainsofNewHampshire,whence,inpeculiarmoods,comesthatgiganticghostlinessoverthesoulatthebarementionofthatname,whilethethoughtofVirginia’sBlueRidgeisfullofasoft,dewy,distantdreaminess?Orwhy,irrespectiveofalllatitudesandlongitudes,doesthenameoftheWhiteSeaexertsuchaspectralnessoverthefancy,whilethatoftheYellowSealullsuswithmortalthoughtsoflonglacqueredmildafternoonsonthewaves,followedbythegaudiestandyetsleepiestofsunsets?Or,tochooseawhollyunsubstantialinstance,purelyaddressedtothefancy,why,inreadingtheoldfairytalesofCentralEurope,does"thetallpaleman"oftheHartzforests,whosechangelesspallorunrustlinglyglidesthroughthegreenofthegroveswhyisthisphantommoreterriblethanallthewhoopingimpsoftheBlocksburg?

           Norisit,altogether,theremembranceofhercathedral-topplingearthquakes;northestampedoesofherfranticseas;northetearlessnessofandskiesthatneverrain;northesightofherwidefieldofleaningspires,wrenchedcope-stones,andcrossesalladroop(likecantedyardsofanchoredfleets);andhersuburbanavenuesofhouse-wallslyingoveruponeachother,asatossedpackofcards;itisnotthesethingsalonewhichmaketearlessLima,thestrangest,saddestcitythoucan’stsee.ForLimahastakenthewhiteveil;andthereisahigherhorrorinthiswhitenessofherwoe.OldasPizarro,thiswhitenesskeepsherruinsforevernew;admitsnotthecheerfulgreennessofcompletedecay;spreadsoverherbrokenrampartstherigidpallorofanapoplexythatfixesitsowndistortions.

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