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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
Herman Melville
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Herman Melville
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: August 1
Died: 1891
Died: September 28
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I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.
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