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As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, All mortal greatness is but disease.

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
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Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick
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Born: June 11, 1956 (age 69)
Bio: Nathaniel Philbrick is an American author and a member of the Philbrick literary family. He won the year 2000 National Book Award for his maritime history, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.
Known for:
  1. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (2013)
  2. Why Read Moby-Dick? (2011)

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