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The Whiteness of The Whale

           Thus,then,themuffledrollingsofamilkysea;thebleakrustlingsofthefestoonedfrostsofmountains;thedesolateshiftingsofthewindrowedsnowsofprairies;allthese,toIshmael,areastheshakingofthatbuffalorobetothefrightenedcolt!

           Thoughneitherknowswhereliethenamelessthingsofwhichthemysticsigngivesforthsuchhints;yetwithme,aswiththecolt,somewherethosethingsmustexist.Thoughinmanyofitsaspectsthisvisibleworldseemsformedinlove,theinvisiblesphereswereformedinfright.

           Butnotyethavewesolvedtheincantationofthiswhiteness,andlearnedwhyitappealswithsuchpowertothesoul;andmorestrangeandfarmoreportentouswhy,aswehaveseen,itisatoncethemostmeaningsymbolofspiritualthings,nay,theveryveiloftheChristian’sDeity;andyetshouldbeasitis,theintensifyingagentinthingsthemostappallingtomankind.

           Isitthatbyitsindefinitenessitshadowsforththeheartlessvoidsandimmensitiesoftheuniverse,andthusstabsusfrombehindwiththethoughtofannihilation,whenbeholdingthewhitedepthsofthemilkyway?Orisit,thatasinessencewhitenessisnotsomuchacolorasthevisibleabsenceofcolor;andatthesametimetheconcreteofallcolors;isitforthesereasonsthatthereissuchadumbblankness,fullofmeaning,inawidelandscapeofsnowsacolorless,all-colorofatheismfromwhichweshrink?Andwhenweconsiderthatothertheoryofthenaturalphilosophers,thatallotherearthlyhueseverystatelyorlovelyemblazoningthesweettingesofsunsetskiesandwoods;yea,andthegildedvelvetsofbutterflies,andthebutterflycheeksofyounggirls;allthesearebutsubtiledeceits,notactuallyinherentinsubstances,butonlylaidonfromwithout;

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