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There are hardly five critics in America and several of them are asleep.

Herman Melville

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Herman Melville
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: August 1
Died: 1891
Died: September 28
Art Collector
Essayist
Lecturer
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Hermann Melville
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Several
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America

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