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The Prairie

           FewaretheforeheadswhichlikeShakespeare’sorMelancthon’srisesohigh,anddescendsolow,thattheeyesthemselvesseemclear,eternal,tidelessmountainlakes;andabovethemintheforehead’swrinkles,youseemtotracktheantleredthoughtsdescendingtheretodrink,astheHighlandhunterstrackthesnowprintsofthedeer.ButinthegreatSpermWhale,thishighandmightygod-likedignityinherentinthebrowissoimmenselyamplified,thatgazingonit,inthatfullfrontview,youfeeltheDeityandthedreadpowersmoreforciblythaninbeholdinganyotherobjectinlivingnature.Foryouseenoonepointprecisely;notonedistinctfeatureisrevealed;nonose,eyes,cars,ormouth;noface;hehasnone,proper;nothingbutthatonebroadfirmamentofaforehead,pleatedwithriddles;dumblyloweringwiththedoomofboats,andships,andmen.Nor,inprofile,doesthiswondrousbrowdiminish;thoughthatwayvieweditsgrandeurdoesnotdomineeruponyouso.Inprofile,youplainlyperceivethathorizontal,semi-crescenticdepressionintheforehead’smiddle,which,inaman,isLavater’smarkofgenius.

           Buthow?GeniusintheSpermWhale?HastheSpermWhaleeverwrittenabook,spokenaspeech?No,hisgreatgeniusisdeclaredinhisdoingnothingparticulartoproveit.Itismoreoverdeclaredinhispyramidicalsilence.AndthisremindsmethathadthegreatSpermWhalebeenknowntotheyoungOrientWorld,hewouldhavebeendeifiedbytheirchild-magianthoughts

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