"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

14 November 2020

Published.


Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, or The Whale was published on this day in 1851.

It is not down on any map; true places never are.

Herman Melville, from Moby-Dick, or The Whale

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