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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.

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Herman Melville
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: August 1
Died: 1891
Died: September 28
Art Collector
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Lecturer
Literary Critic
Novelist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Hermann Melville
Herman Melvill
Eating
Nothing
Fare
Life
Savor
Like
Balloons
Substantial
Immortality
Till
Filled

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