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The Meanings of the White Whale
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“To produce a mighty book,” wrote Herman Melville, “you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it.”. Everybody will now grant that Moby Dick is a mighty book on a mighty theme—even though there is little agreement about the definition of that theme.
Title: The Meanings of the White Whale
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“To produce a mighty book,” wrote Herman Melville, “you must choose a mighty theme.
No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it.
”.
Everybody will now grant that Moby Dick is a mighty book on a mighty theme—even though there is little agreement about the definition of that theme.
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