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Herman Melville Quotes

True Work is the necessity of poor humanity’s earthly condition. The dignity is in leisure. Besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked.

Source:Letter to Catherine G. Lansing, September 5, 1877
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  • Name: Herman Melville
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist, Poet
  • Born: August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891
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