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“ ”Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.
About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
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Additional quotes by Herman Melville
Book! You lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places. You'll do to give us the bare words and facts, but we come in to supply the thoughts.
Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.