About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella....
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A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
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Luxuries are never so comfortable as are the familiar, ordinary things of home.