Herman Melville, in Savage Eye: Melville and the Visual Arts, p. 36
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Instinct and study; love and hate; Audacity — reverence.These must mate, And fuse with Jacob ’s mystic heart, To wrestle with the Angel -Art …
— Herman Melville on Reverence
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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.
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.
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