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Captain Edward Fairfax Vere quotes

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Billy Budd

Herman Melville

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Struck dead by an angel of God. Yet the angel must hang!

— Captain Vere · Captain Vere in Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1924)

God bless Captain Vere!

— Billy Budd · Billy Budd in Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1924)

Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins?

— The narrator · The narrator of Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1924)

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Billy Budd

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