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Quotation from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

“all my means are sane, my motive and my object mad”

Herman Melville (spoken by Narrator, of Ahab)

Moby-Dick, Chapter 41 (Project Gutenberg #2701)

Portrait of Herman Melville

Ishmael describes Ahab's awareness of his own monomania.

Citation: "all my means are sane, my motive and my object mad" — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 41 (Project Gutenberg #2701). (id moby-dick-q9)

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

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