That immaculate manliness we feel within ourselves, so far within us, …

Herman Melville
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That immaculate manliness we feel within ourselves, so far within us, that it remains intact though all the outer character seem gone; bleeds with keenest anguish at the undraped spectacle of a valor-ruined man. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.127, Velvet Element Books
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That immaculate manliness we feel within ourselves, so far within us, that it remains intact though all the outer character seem gone; bleeds with keenest anguish at the undraped spectacle of a valor-ruined man. ✨ Herman Melville (2008). Moby-Dick, p.127, Velvet Element Books

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