"In this world, shipmates, sin that…" — Herman Melville

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在这个世界上，伙计们，那些付了代价的罪恶可以自由地旅行，不需要护照；而美德，如果是穷人，则在所有边境都会被拦下。

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Translations

“There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method”

Herman Melville

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