Моби Дик

The Nut

           Thewhale,likeallthingsthataremighty,wearsafalsebrowtothecommonworld.

           Ifyouunloadhisskullofitsspermyheapsandthentakearearviewofitsrearend,whichisthehighend,youwillbestruckbyitsresemblancetothehumanskull,beheldinthesamesituation,andfromthesamepointofview.Indeed,placethisreversedskull(scaleddowntothehumanmagnitude)amongaplateofmen’sskulls,andyouwouldinvoluntarilyconfounditwiththem;andremarkingthedepressionsononepartofitssummit,inphrenologicalphraseyouwouldsayThismanhadnoself-esteem,andnoveneration.Andbythosenegations,consideredalongwiththeaffirmativefactofhisprodigiousbulkandpower,youcanbestformtoyourselfthetruest,thoughnotthemostexhilaratingconceptionofwhatthemostexaltedpotencyis.

           Butiffromthecomparativedimensionsofthewhale’sproperbrain,youdeemitincapableofbeingadequatelycharted,thenIhaveanotherideaforyou.Ifyouattentivelyregardalmostanyquadruped’sspine,youwillbestruckwiththeresemblanceofitsvertebraetoastrungnecklaceofdwarfedskulls,allbearingrudimentalresemblancetotheskullproper.ItisaGermanconceit,thatthevertebraeareabsolutelyundevelopedskulls.Butthecuriousexternalresemblance,ItakeittheGermanswerenotthefirstmentoperceive.Aforeignfriendoncepointeditouttome,intheskeletonofafoehehadslain,andwiththevertebraeofwhichhewasinlaying,inasortofbasso-relieve,thebeakedprowofhiscanoe.

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