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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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863 |
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AUTHOR:
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Herman Melville (1819–91) |
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QUOTATION:
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So, cutting the lashing of the waterproof match keg, after many failures Starbuck contrived to ignite the lamp in the lantern; then stretching it on a waif pole, handed it to Queequeg as the standard-bearer of this forlorn hope. There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness. There, then, he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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HERMAN MELVILLE, Moby-Dick, chapter 48, p. 251 (1851). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Hope |
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