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The Fountain

           Butwhypesteronewithallthisreasoningonthesubject?Speakout!Youhaveseenhimspout;thendeclarewhatthespoutis;canyounottellwaterfromair?Mydearsir,inthisworlditisnotsoeasytosettletheseplainthings.Ihaveeverfoundyourplainthingstheknottiestofall.Andasforthiswhalespout,youmightalmoststandinit,andyetbeundecidedastowhatitisprecisely.

           Thecentralbodyofitishiddeninthesnowysparklingmistenvelopingit;andhowcanyoucertainlytellwhetheranywaterfallsfromit,when,always,whenyouarecloseenoughtoawhaletogetacloseviewofhisspout,heisinaprodigiouscommotion,thewatercascadingallaroundhim.Andifatsuchtimesyoushouldthinkthatyoureallyperceiveddropsofmoistureinthespout,howdoyouknowthattheyarenotmerelycondensedfromitsvapor;orhowdoyouknowthattheyarenotthoseidenticaldropssuperficiallylodgedinthespout-holefissure,whichiscountersunkintothesummitofthewhale’shead?Forevenwhentranquillyswimmingthroughthemid-dayseainacalm,withhiselevatedhumpsun-driedasadromedary’sinthedesert;eventhen,thewhalealwayscarriesasmallbasinofwateronhishead,asunderablazingsunyouwillsometimesseeacavityinarockfilledupwithrain.

           Norisitatallprudentforthehuntertobeovercurioustouchingtheprecisenatureofthewhalespout.Itwillnotdoforhimtobepeeringintoit,andputtinghisfaceinit.Youcannotgowithyourpitchertothisfountainandfillit,andbringitaway.

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