Surely no mere mortal who has at all gone down into himself will ever …

Herman Melville
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Surely no mere mortal who has at all gone down into himself will ever pretend that his slightest thought or act solely originates in his own defined identity. ✨ Herman Melville (1852). Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities, p.239
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Surely no mere mortal who has at all gone down into himself will ever pretend that his slightest thought or act solely originates in his own defined identity. ✨ Herman Melville (1852). Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities, p.239

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