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If men must die, why not in honorable pursuit of knowledge? Far be it that our ideas of manhood should be dwarfed to the size of a golden dollar.
George W. Melville
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George W. Melville
Age: 71 †
Born: 1841
Born: January 10
Died: 1912
Died: March 17
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Marine Engineer
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New York City
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George Washington Melville
George Wallace Melville
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