Herman Melville quote: Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at least to my taste-his countenance yet had a something in ...

Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at least to my taste-his countenance yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable. You cannot hide the soul.

~ Herman Melville ~

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