
474 Herman Melville
The History of Literature
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The Unpardonable Sin
"What's the use of elaborating what in its very essence is so short lived as a modern book?" "I stand for the heart to the dogs with the head i'd rather be a fool with a heart than jupiter olympus with his. that queer little hole called the world or oh when i toiled and sweated below," he writes. 'i know little about you but something about myself so i write about myself at least to you don't trouble yourself though about writing'
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