"For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
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Selected Quotes of Herman Melville 1819-1891
"That root is to hit the hardest, you'd think it somewhat.
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"With fishbone ropes and bracelets they mock me; wearing my guard as an adversary.
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"So very like a woman – so very unlike a whale.
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"The mighty whale is mine! Have you seen him?
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"He was the bravest boy I ever met!
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