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" To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee. "

Herman Melville

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" There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. "

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" Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness. "

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" Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. "

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