Doesn't the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead…

Herman Melville
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Doesn't the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any person wearing mourning for the devil? ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.309
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Doesn't the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any person wearing mourning for the devil? ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.309

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