...much a colour as the visible absence of colour, and at the same time the concrete of all colours ; is it for these reasons that there is such a dumb...full of meaning, in a wide landscape of snows — a colourless, all-colour of atheism from which we shrink ? And when we consider that other theory of...

...annihilation, when beholding the white depths of '^^ the milky way ? Or is it, that as in essence white^j% ness is not so much a color as the visible absence- of color, and at the same tune the concrete of all colors ; is it for these reasons that there is such a dumb blankness, full...

...behind with the thought of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or is it that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color...colorless, all-color of atheism from which we shrink? And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues —...

...so much a colour as the visible absence of colour, and at the same time the concrete of all colours; is it for these reasons that there is such a dumb...full of meaning, in a wide landscape of snows — a colourless, all-colour of atheism from which we shrink?" He uses other explanatory metaphors: "the...

...behind with the thought of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or is it, that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color...blankness, full of meaning, in a wide landscape of snows—a colorless, all-color of atheism from which we shrink? (p. 169) Once Ishmael commits himself...

...behind with the thought of annihilation when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or is it, that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color...colorless all-color of atheism from which we shrink? (195) Ishmael must rely on the figure of the oxymoron to capture whiteness as the "dumb blankness full of...

...meaning. Ishmael explains how whiteness can be interpreted as both good and evil, "...whiteness is... the visible absence of color, and at the same time the concrete of all colors." At worst, the "nameless horror" is that the universe has no meaning at all. "Nature... paints like...

...behind with the thought of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or is it, that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color...colorless, all-color of atheism from which we shrink? Perhaps, Ishmael conjectures, it is "the great principle of light," which "for ever remains white or...

...the thought of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or is it, that as an essence whiteness is not so much a color as the visible...colorless, all-color of atheism from which we shrink? And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues —...

...behind with the thought of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or is it, that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color...blankness, full of meaning, in a wide landscape of snows—a colorless, all-color of atheism from which we shrink? (195) Clearly, in this chapter, where...