It All Connects (again)

[Mark Kohut]

That is what the Melville scholars think, Jochen, it seems. Bravo. 



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> On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:24 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sounds like Melville himself.
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> 2015-01-08 6:08 GMT+01:00 Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>:
>> That is a great line...
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>>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 2:48 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have too many books going already, but just picked up my Christmas-gift copy of Greg Grandin's The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom and Deception in the New World. I didn't know the source of the title, so the first page told me:
>>> 
>>> Seeking to conquer a larger liberty, man but extends the empire of necessity.
>>> 
>>> - Author unknown. Used as epigraph to Herman Melville's "The Bell Tower."
>>> 
>>> Boyoboy, is *that* going to echo for me this time through M&D...!  
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