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Quotation from Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life by Herman Melville

“the white civilized man as the most ferocious animal on the face of the earth”

Herman Melville (spoken by Narrator)

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, Chapter XVII (Project Gutenberg #1900)

The narrator compares the Typees with civilized nations.

Citation: "the white civilized man as the most ferocious animal on the face of the earth" — Herman Melville, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, Chapter XVII (Project Gutenberg #1900). (id melville-typee-q1)

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