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Beware the People weeping / When they bare the iron hand.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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Wag the world how it will, / Leaves must be green in Spring.
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Implacable I, the implacable Sea; / Implacable most when most I smile serene—/ Pleased, not appeased, by myriad wrecks in me.
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Wiser in relish, if sedate, / Come graybeards to their roses late.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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Man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.
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A laugh’s the wisest, easiest answer to all that’s queer.
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Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, and true friends are punctilious equals.
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Herman Melville (1819-1891) is one of the most important American novelists, famous for his masterpiece "Moby Dick" (1851). His experiences as a sailor served as inspiration for many of his writings, which often address themes such as revenge, obsession, the nature of evil, and the human condition. Although "Moby Dick" was not a commercial success during his lifetime, today it is acclaimed as a landmark of American literature. Other notable works include "Typee" and "The Piazza Tales". His literary career faced difficulties, and he spent the last years of his life working as a customs inspector in New York.