For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well …

Herman Melville
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For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;--nevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown. ✨ Herman Melville (2015). Pierre or The Ambiguities: Works of Melville, p.295, 谷月社
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