Herman Melville

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Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

Their life

Herman Melville, born Melvill, was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, and died there on September 28, 1891. He was an American writer of the American Renaissance. His best-known works include *Moby-Dick* (1851), *Typee* (1846), and *Billy Budd, Sailor*, a novella published after his death. He was little known to the public when he died, but a revival of interest began around 1919, the centennial of his birth. *Moby-Dick* later came to be counted among the great American novels.

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All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence.
Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver, but less daring. Thus with seamen: he who goes the oftenest round Cape Horn goes the most circumspectly.

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