The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
("Moby-Dick")
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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.
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