《白鯨記》

大學時代讀的小說《白鯨記》，大都似懂非懂。星期六的演講，我再次回想過去讀書，好像「瞎子摸鯨」..... 。我到現在還有點迷糊，藍鯨，是藍色? 白鯨，是白色?
"There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar."
--from MOBY DICK by Herman Melvillehttps://www.facebook.com/HermanMelvilleAuthorPage/photos/a.338966019556071.78059.338950349557638/751014101684592/?type=1&theater

藍鯨

• 1866年6月15日在瑞典首都斯德哥爾摩舉辦歐洲藝術及工業展覽（Konst-och industriutställningen），奧斯卡（Oscar）王子及勒維莎（Lovisa）王妃親臨現場。
• 在當時瑞典第二大城哥特堡自然歷史博物館（Göteborgs Naturhistoriska museum）有展示世界上最大鯨魚藍鯨展示，此鯨魚於1865年10月29日擱淺在哥特堡南方Näset外海，體長16公尺，經該博物館做成標本，並於當年12月對外展示。