You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood o…

Herman Melville
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so much as a world. ✨ Herman Melville (1963). The Works of Herman Melville
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so much as a world. ✨ Herman Melville (1963). The Works of Herman Melville

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