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The Whiteness of The Whale

           Nor,inquiteotheraspects,doesNatureinherleastpalpablebutnotthelessmaliciousagencies,failtoenlistamongherforcesthiscrowningattributeoftheterrible.Fromitssnowyaspect,thegauntletedghostoftheSouthernSeashasbeendenominatedtheWhiteSquall.Nor,insomehistoricinstances,hastheartofhumanmaliceomittedsopotentanauxiliary.HowwildlyitheightenstheeffectofthatpassageinFroissart,when,maskedinthesnowysymboloftheirfaction,thedesperateWhiteHoodsofGhentmurdertheirbailiffinthemarket-place!

           Nor,insomethings,doesthecommon,hereditaryexperienceofallmankindfailtobearwitnesstothesupernaturalismofthishue.Itcannotwellbedoubted,thattheonevisiblequalityintheaspectofthedeadwhichmostappalsthegazer,isthemarblepallorlingeringthere;asifindeedthatpallorwereasmuchlikethebadgeofconsternationintheotherworld,asofmortaltrepidationhere.Andfromthatpallorofthedead,weborrowtheexpressivehueoftheshroudinwhichwewrapthem.Noreveninoursuperstitionsdowefailtothrowthesamesnowymantleroundourphantoms;allghostsrisinginamilk-whitefogYea,whiletheseterrorsseizeus,letusadd,thateventhekingofterrors,whenpersonifiedbytheevangelist,ridesonhispallidhorse.

           Therefore,inhisothermoods,symbolizewhatevergrandorgraciousthinghewillbywhiteness,nomancandenythatinitsprofoundestidealizedsignificanceitcallsupapeculiarapparitiontothesoul.

           Butthoughwithoutdissentthispointbefixed,howismortalmantoaccountforit?Toanalyzeit,wouldseemimpossible.

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