Thought for the Day
“It is better to fail in originality
than to succeed in imitation.”
~ Herman Melville
(1819-1891)
*Herman Melville
Born: August 1, 1819 New York City, New York, U.S
Died: September 28, 1891 New York City, New York, U.S
An American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime.
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