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Quotation from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

“All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks.”

Herman Melville (spoken by Captain Ahab)

Moby-Dick, Chapter 36 (Project Gutenberg #2701)

Portrait of Herman Melville

Ahab explains to Starbuck why he will hunt the whale that took his leg.

Citation: "All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks." — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 36 (Project Gutenberg #2701). (id moby-dick-q6)

Portrait: Moby-Dick FE title page, The original uploader was Chick Bowen at English Wikipedia., Public domain.

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