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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath…
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
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See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He burns, too,…
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so…
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He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be…
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Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
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Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he…
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The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about…
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...that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so…
— Herman Melville
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She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like…
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Ramil met Tashi's eyes with a mischievous look. "Now Wife we have a long voyage ahead of us with no interruptions, no…
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