Happy birthday, Herman! There is no folly of the beasts of Earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men!

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   I want to go back to...class! Speaking of Moby Dick, there was a 24 hour reading marathon...

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   Herman Melville was my American Lit pre-1865 fall semester class obsession a year ago, and my Smith friends are still...

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   Haha :) In related news I started reading (finally) Moby Dick yesterday which was of course Melville’s birthday. I...

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    I’m gonna miss the shit out of you crazy bitches.

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    Is there anyone more curmudgeonly than Dustin? Seriously, let the boy love his whale already. towirr:

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    Just so you know, Sam didn’t look that sentence up. He uses it at least once a day. Spill your coffee? “Madness

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    Hell yes.

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    O perbacco, è il compleanno di Melville (Chiamatemi Ismaele…)

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    (Source: GifBin) In honor of one of my favorites — here’s one of the best interpretations of a musical reference to Moby...

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