Supplement
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Patriotism is not baseness, neither is it inhumanity.
— Herman Melville
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Patriotism is not baseness, neither is it inhumanity." in the context of "Supplement" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Herman Melville" (Quotes, Battle Pieces: And Aspects of the War (1860): Full text at Project Gutenberg )
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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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