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… - Herman Melville

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Engraved portrait of Herman Melville, facing left

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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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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Joseph Oriel Eaton (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Hermann Melville Herman Melvill

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