Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, shark…

Herman Melville
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Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, sharks will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved, ready to bolt down every killed man that is tossed to them. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.327, Velvet Element Books
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