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Herman Melville
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War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile and Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter, p.68, Courier Dover Publications
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Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending. ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.82
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The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not the march of Love. ✨ Herman Melville (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated), p.1009, Delphi Cla … ▶
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War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile and Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter, p.68, Courier Dover Publications

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