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Troy (NY) Daily Whig
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“The reading public had hardly ceased its expressions of admiration for 'White Jacket' and its predecessors, when it is presented by the same author with a thick octavo volume... From a hasty glance at its pages, we predict that 'Moby Dick' will be universally regarded as 'Melville's best.'
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— November 13, 1851
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