The Prairie

           Toscanthelinesofhisface,orfeelthebumpsontheheadofthisLeviathan;thisisathingwhichnoPhysiognomistorPhrenologisthasasyetundertaken.SuchanenterprisewouldseemalmostashopefulasforLavatertohavescrutinizedthewrinklesontheRockofGibraltar,orforGalltohavemountedaladderandmanipulatedthedomeofthePantheon.Still,inthatfamousworkofhis,Lavaternotonlytreatsofthevariousfacesofmen,butalsoattentivelystudiesthefacesofhorses,birds,serpents,andfish;anddwellsindetailuponthemodificationsofexpressiondiscernibletherein.NorhaveGallandhisdiscipleSpurzheimfailedtothrowoutsomehintstouchingthephrenologicalcharacteristicsofotherbeingsthanman.Therefore,thoughIambutillqualifiedforapioneer,intheapplicationofthesetwosemi-sciencestothewhale,Iwilldomyendeavor.Itryallthings;IachievewhatIcan.

           Physiognomicallyregarded,theSpermWhaleisananomalouscreature.Hehasnopropernose.Andsincethenoseisthecentralandmostconspicuousofthefeatures;andsinceitperhapsmostmodifiesandfinallycontrolstheircombinedexpression;henceitwouldseemthatitsentireabsence,asanexternalappendage,mustverylargelyaffectthecountenanceofthewhale.Forasinlandscapegardening,aspire,cupola,monument,ortowerofsomesort,isdeemedalmostindispensabletothecompletionofthescene;sonofacecanbephysiognomicallyinkeepingwithouttheelevatedopen-workbelfryofthenose.

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