英语听书《白鲸记》第29期
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For I was not prepared to see Father Mapple after gaining the height,slowly turn round,and stooping over the pulpit,deliberately drag up the ladder step by step,
till the whole was deposited within,leaving him impregnable in his little Quebec.
I pondered some time without
fully1 comprehending the reason for this.Father Mapple enjoyed such a wide reputation for
sincerity2 and sanctity,
that I could not suspect him of courting notoriety by any
mere3 tricks of the stage.No,thought I,there must be some sober reason for this thing;
furthermore,it must
symbolize4 something unseen.Can it be,then,that by that act of physical isolation,he signifies his spiritual
withdrawal5 for the time,from all outward worldly ties and connexions?
Yes,for
replenished6 with the meat and wine of the word,to the faithful man of God,this pulpit,I see,is a self containing stronghold a lofty Ehrenbreitstein,
But the side ladder was not the only strange feature of the place,borrowed from the chaplain's former sea farings.
Between the marble cenotaphs on either hand of the pulpit,
the wall which formed its back was
adorned8 with a large painting representing a
gallant9 ship beating against a terrible storm off a lee coast of black rocks and snowy breakers.
But high above the flying
scud10 and dark rolling clouds,there floated a little
isle11 of sunlight,from which beamed
forth12 an angel's face;
and this bright face shed a distinct spot of radiance upon the ship's tossed deck,something like that silver plate now inserted into the Victory's
plank13 where Nelson fell.
Ah,noble ship,the angel seemed to say,beat on,beat on,thou noble ship,and bear a
hardy14 helm;for lo!the sun is breaking through;the clouds are rolling off
serenest15 azure16 is at hand.
Nor was the pulpit itself without a trace of the same sea taste that had achieved the ladder and the picture.
What could be more full of meaning?for the pulpit is ever this earth's foremost part;all the rest comes in its rear;the pulpit leads the world.
From thence it is the storm of God's quick
wrath22 is first descried,and the bow must bear the earliest brunt.
From thence it is the God of breezes fair or
foul23 is first
invoked24 for
favourable25 winds.Yes,the world's a ship on its passage out,and not a voyage complete;and the pulpit is its
prow26.
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