Mumford and Melville, You Know?

Mumford: "There is this element of fairly sincere practicality, but at the same time, extremely expansive" Melville: "He really kind of felt like he had the world on his shoulders and was sort of plagued by ... doubt consistently during his life" And Moby Dick: "I think there are all these chapters that just go into detail about whaling. You know, it's so boring."

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