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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes

Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it. - Herman Melville (Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Quotes)

Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it.

Source:Chapter CXIV. The Gilder.
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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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