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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes
Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease.
Source:
Chapter XVI. The Ship
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Themes
Ambition
Illness
Mortality
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Book:
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Writer:
Herman Melville
Genre:
Classics, Adventure, Historical Fiction
Published:
1851
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