There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disap…

Herman Melville
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There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear - the city of London and the South Seas. ✨ Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition, p.418, Northwestern University Press
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There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear - the city of London and the South Seas. ✨ Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition, p.418, Northwestern University Press

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