Herman Melville, White-Jacket (1850), Ch. XCIII.

For the last time, hear Camoens, boys!

— Herman Melville on Luís de Camões

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For the last time, hear Camoens, boys!" in the context of "Herman Melville, White-Jacket (1850), Ch. XCIII." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Herman Melville

About Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.