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Call Me Ishmael

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Call Me Ishmael

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Call me Ishmael. Some years ago, never mind how long precisely, having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of d...

— Herman Melville

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