Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing…

Herman Melville
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Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it. ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.460
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