In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and…

Herman Melville
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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). Moby Dick (World Classics, Unabridged), p.31, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). Moby Dick (World Classics, Unabridged), p.31, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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