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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes

In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. - Herman Melville (Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes)

In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.

Source:Chapter IX. The Sermon
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Herman Melville - Book Quotes
  • Book: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
  • Writer: Herman Melville
  • Genre: Classics, Adventure, Historical Fiction
  • Published: 1851
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