Моби Дик

The Prairie

           TheydeifiedthecrocodileoftheNile,becausethecrocodileistongueless;andtheSpermWhalehasnotongue,oratleastitissoexceedinglysmall,astobeincapableofprotrusion.Ifhereafteranyhighlycultured,poeticalnationshalllurebacktotheirbirth-right,themerryMay-daygodsofold;andlivinglyenthronethemagaininthenowegotisticalsky;inthenowunhauntedhill;thenbesure,exaltedtoJove’shighseat,thegreatSpermWhaleshalllordit.

           Champolliondecipheredthewrinkledgranitehieroglyphics.ButthereisnoChampolliontodeciphertheEgyptofeveryman’sandeverybeing’sface.Physiognomy,likeeveryotherhumanscience,isbutapassingfable.Ifthen,SirWilliamJones,whoreadinthirtylanguages,couldnotreadthesimplestpeasant’sfaceinitsprofounderandmoresubtlemeanings,howmayunletteredIshmaelhopetoreadtheawfulChaldeeoftheSpermWhale’sbrow?Ibutputthatbrowbeforeyou.Readitifyoucan.

           

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