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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

- Herman Melville

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Random Fact

Apart from “Moby-Dick,” Herman Melville wrote numerous other novels, short stories, and poetry collections. Some of his notable works include “Billy Budd,” “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” and “Benito Cereno.”

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