Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, …

Herman Melville
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Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.400
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Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.400

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