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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Herman Melville
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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