Quote of the day
A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.
Herman Melville
Born: August 1, 1819
Died: September 28, 1891 (aged 72)
Bio: Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most of his writings were published between 1846 and 1857.
Known for:
- Moby-Dick (1851)
- Typee (1846)
- Bartleby (1853)
- The Confidence Man (1857)
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