I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesna…

Herman Melville
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one. ✨ Herman Melville (2015). The Confidence-Man: Works of Melville, p.176, 谷月社
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one. ✨ Herman Melville (2015). The Confidence-Man: Works of Melville, p.176, 谷月社

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