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474 Herman Melville

The History of Literature

CHAPTER

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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