Today is Herman Melville’s birthday—an important day for culture because his work influenced so many ideas and areas of expression. Click here to read about the ways Moby Dick influenced several areas of culture, including music, humor, and philosophical reflection.
Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest, reveries—stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region.
Herman Mellville, Moby Dick
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