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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.

Herman Melville

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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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