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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale - Melville, Herman ยท 51 words
One often hears of writers that rise and swell with their subject, though it may seem but an ordinary one. How, then, with me, writing of this Leviathan. Unconsciously my chirography expands into placard capitals. Give me a condors quill. Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand. Friends, hold my arms.
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