Моби Дик

The Prairie

           DashthenosefromPhidias’smarbleJove,andwhatasorryremainder!Nevertheless,Leviathanisofsomightyamagnitude,allhisproportionsaresostately,thatthesamedeficiencywhichinthesculpturedJovewerehideous,inhimisnoblemishatall.Nay,itisanaddedgrandeur.Anosetothewhalewouldhavebeenimpertinent.Asonyourphysiognomicalvoyageyousailroundhisvastheadinyourjollyboat,yournobleconceptionsofhimareneverinsultedbythereflectionthathehasanosetobepulled.Apestilentconceit,whichsooftenwillinsistuponobtrudingevenwhenbeholdingthemightiestroyalbeadleonhisthrone.

           Insomeparticulars,perhapsthemostimposingphysiognomicalviewtobehadoftheSpermWhale,isthatofthefullfrontofhishead.Thisaspectissublime.

           Inthought,afinehumanbrowisliketheEastwhentroubledwiththemorning.Inthereposeofthepasture,thecurledbrowofthebullhasatouchofthegrandinit.Pushingheavycannonupmountaindefiles,theelephant’sbrowismajestic.Humanoranimal,themysticalbrowisasthatgreatgoldensealaffixedbytheGermanEmperorstotheirdecrees.Itsignifies"God:donethisdaybymyhand."Butinmostcreatures,nayinmanhimself,veryoftenthebrowisbutamerestripofalpinelandlyingalongthesnowline.

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