The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Fr…

Herman Melville
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The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). White Jacket, p.161, Herman Melville
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The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul. ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.391
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I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). Moby Dick (World Classics, Unabridged), p.37, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have out paper allegories but ill comprehended. ✨ Herman Melville (2003). Moby- … ▶

The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). White Jacket, p.161, Herman Melville

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