Abner Read/sea and Shore Duty 1848%e2%80%931860

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    An aphorism, honestly stamped and molded, has not yet been “deciphered” once we have read it over; rather, its exegesis—for which an art of exegesis is needed—has only just begun.
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    ... living out of sight of any shore does rich and powerfully strange things to humans.
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