Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, … - Herman Melville

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Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, and true friends are punctilious equals.

Herman Melville

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About Herman Melville

Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.

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Alternative Names: Hermann Melville • Herman Melvill

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But what is worship? - to do the will of God - that is worship. And what is the will of God? - to do to my fellow man what I would have my fellow man to do to me - that is the will of God. Now, Queequeg is my fellow man.

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