“ All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. ”
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851). copy citation
Author | Herman Melville |
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Source | Moby-Dick |
Topic | death danger mortality |
Date | 1851 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-h/2701-h.htm |
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