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By Herman Melville
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.
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- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (first American edition), 1851 · Chapter CXXXV, "The Chase.—Third Day", p. 633 (printed page number seen on the page image)
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- Internet Archive (Duke University scan of the first American edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851; London: Richard Bentley on the title page)
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From Chapter CXXXV, "The Chase.—Third Day", of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, first American edition). Spoken by Captain Ahab to the white whale, just before he dies.