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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes

Long exile from Christendom and civilization inevitably restores a man to that condition in which God placed him, i.e. what is called savagery. - Herman Melville (Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes)

Long exile from Christendom and civilization inevitably restores a man to that condition in which God placed him, i.e. what is called savagery.

Source:Chapter LVII. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars
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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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