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And
whatever
they
may
reveal
of
the
divine
love
in
the
Son
,
the
soft
,
curled
,
hermaphroditical
Italian
pictures
,
in
which
his
idea
has
been
most
successfully
embodied
;
these
pictures
,
so
destitute
as
they
are
of
all
brawniness
,
hint
nothing
of
any
power
,
but
the
mere
negative
,
feminine
one
of
submission
and
endurance
,
which
on
all
hands
it
is
conceded
,
form
the
peculiar
practical
virtues
of
his
teachings
.
Such
is
the
subtle
elasticity
of
the
organ
I
treat
of
,
that
whether
wielded
in
sport
,
or
in
earnest
,
or
in
anger
,
whatever
be
the
mood
it
be
in
,
its
flexions
are
invariably
marked
by
exceeding
grace
.
Therein
no
fairy
's
arm
can
transcend
it
.
Five
great
motions
are
peculiar
to
it
.
First
,
when
used
as
a
fin
for
progression
;
Second
,
when
used
as
a
mace
in
battle
;
Third
,
in
sweeping
;
Fourth
,
in
lobtailing
;
Fifth
,
in
peaking
flukes
.
First
:
Being
horizontal
in
its
position
,
the
Leviathan
's
tail
acts
in
a
different
manner
from
the
tails
of
all
other
sea
creatures
.
It
never
wriggles
.
In
man
or
fish
,
wriggling
is
a
sign
of
inferiority
.
To
the
whale
his
tail
is
the
sole
means
of
propulsion
.
Scroll-wise
coiled
forwards
beneath
the
body
,
and
then
rapidly
sprung
backwards
,
it
is
this
which
gives
that
singular
darting
,
leaping
motion
to
the
monster
when
furiously
swimming
.
His
side-fins
only
serve
to
steer
by
.
Second
:
It
is
a
little
significant
,
that
while
one
sperm
whale
only
fights
another
sperm
whale
with
his
head
and
jaw
,
nevertheless
,
in
his
conflicts
with
man
,
he
chiefly
and
contemptuously
uses
his
tail
.
In
striking
at
a
boat
,
he
swiftly
curves
away
his
flukes
from
it
,
and
the
blow
is
only
inflicted
by
the
recoil
.
If
it
be
made
in
the
unobstructed
air
,
especially
if
it
descend
to
its
mark
,
the
stroke
is
then
simply
irresistible
.
No
ribs
of
man
or
boat
can
withstand
it
.
Your
only
salvation
lies
in
eluding
it
;
but
if
it
comes
sideways
through
the
opposing
water
,
then
partly
owing
to
the
light
buoyancy
of
the
whale-boat
,
and
the
elasticity
of
its
materials
,
a
cracked
rib
or
a
dashed
plank
or
two
,
a
sort
of
stitch
in
the
side
,
is
generally
the
most
serious
result
.
These
submerged
side
blows
are
so
often
received
in
the
fishery
,
that
they
are
accounted
mere
child
's
play
.
Some
one
strips
off
a
frock
,
and
the
hole
is
stopped
.
Third
:
I
can
not
demonstrate
it
,
but
it
seems
to
me
,
that
in
the
whale
the
sense
of
touch
is
concentrated
in
the
tail
;
for
in
this
respect
there
is
a
delicacy
in
it
only
equalled
by
the
daintiness
of
the
elephant
's
trunk
.
This
delicacy
is
chiefly
evinced
in
the
action
of
sweeping
,
when
in
maidenly
gentleness
the
whale
with
a
certain
soft
slowness
moves
his
immense
flukes
side
to
side
upon
the
surface
of
the
sea
;
and
if
he
feel
but
a
sailor
's
whisker
,
woe
to
that
sailor
,
whiskers
and
all
.
What
tenderness
there
is
in
that
preliminary
touch
!
Had
this
tail
any
prehensile
power
,
I
should
straightway
bethink
me
of
Darmonodes
'
elephant
that
so
frequented
the
flower-market
,
and
with
low
salutations
presented
nosegays
to
damsels
,
and
then
caressed
their
zones
.
On
more
accounts
than
one
,
a
pity
it
is
that
the
whale
does
not
possess
this
prehensile
virtue
in
his
tail
;
for
I
have
heard
of
yet
another
elephant
,
that
when
wounded
in
the
fight
,
curved
round
his
trunk
and
extracted
the
dart
.
Fourth
:
Stealing
unawares
upon
the
whale
in
the
fancied
security
of
the
middle
of
solitary
seas
,
you
find
him
unbent
from
the
vast
corpulence
of
his
dignity
,
and
kitten-like
,
he
plays
on
the
ocean
as
if
it
were
a
hearth
.
But
still
you
see
his
power
in
his
play
.
The
broad
palms
of
his
tail
are
flirted
high
into
the
air
!
then
smiting
the
surface
,
the
thunderous
concussion
resounds
for
miles
.
You
would
almost
think
a
great
gun
had
been
discharged
;
and
if
you
noticed
the
light
wreath
of
vapor
from
the
spiracle
at
his
other
extremity
,
you
would
think
that
that
was
the
smoke
from
the
touch-hole
.
Fifth
:
As
in
the
ordinary
floating
posture
of
the
leviathan
the
flukes
lies
considerably
below
the
level
of
his
back
,
they
are
then
completely
out
of
sight
beneath
the
surface
;
but
when
he
is
about
to
plunge
into
the
deeps
,
his
entire
flukes
with
at
least
thirty
feet
of
his
body
are
tossed
erect
in
the
air
,
and
so
remain
vibrating
a
moment
,
till
they
downwards
shoot
out
of
view
.
Excepting
the
sublime
breach
--
somewhere
else
to
be
described
--
this
peaking
of
the
whale
's
flukes
is
perhaps
the
grandest
sight
to
be
seen
in
all
animated
nature
.
Out
of
the
bottomless
profundities
the
gigantic
tail
seems
spasmodically
snatching
at
the
highest
heaven
.
So
in
dreams
,
have
I
seen
majestic
Satan
thrusting
forth
his
tormented
colossal
claw
from
the
flame
Baltic
of
Hell
.
