474 Herman Melville
The History of Literature
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The Importance of Truth
"I am so pulled hither and thither by circumstances the calm the coolness of silent grass growing mood in which a man ought always to compose that i fear can seldom be mine dollars damn me the malicious devil is forever grinning in upon me holding the door ajar my dear sir a pre-sentiment is on me i shall at last be worn out and perish like an old nutmeg grater graded to pieces by the constant attrition. what i feel most move to write that is banned it will not pay yet altogether write the other way i cannot so the product is a final hash and all my books are butches' "i'm rather sore perhaps in this letter but see my
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