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“He’s asleep, ain’t he?” “With kings and counsellors,” murmured I. - Herman Melville
Attribution: Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. “Bartleby” (1853), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 9, eds. Harrison Hayford, Alma A. MacDougall, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). An exchange prompted by Bartleby’s death.

Categories: Bartleby, Death

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