"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.---------
Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Monday, October 1, 2018
How a misreading of a date can hide a crucial happening--Crisis in the Melvilles' Marriage
This poem was all but meaningless when dated 1869. Correctly dated to 1867, it is significant as a record of Mrs. Melville's determination to resist pressure from her family to leave Melville.
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