What man who carries a heavenly soul in him, has not groaned to percei…

Herman Melville
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What man who carries a heavenly soul in him, has not groaned to perceive, that unless he committed a sort of suicide as to the practical things of this world, he never can hope to regulate his earthly conduct by that same heavenly soul? ✨ Herman Melville (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated), p.2511, Delphi Classics
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