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Quotation from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

“Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.”

Herman Melville (spoken by Captain Ahab)

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

Portrait of Herman Melville

Ahab answers Starbuck's objection on the quarter-deck.

Citation: "Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me." — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 36 (Project Gutenberg #2701). (id moby-dick-q7)

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

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