Quote#World
Against the wall, near the head of the bunk, was a rack filled with…
Quote byJack London · 1876–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sea-Wolf (1904), Van Weydon discovers Wolf Larsen's astonishing array of reading matter. Chapter Five.
English (original)
Against the wall, near the head of the bunk, was a rack filled with books. I glanced over them, noting with astonishment such names as Shakespeare, Tennyson, Poe, and De Quincey. There were scientific works too, among which were represented men such as Tyndall, Proctor, and Darwin.
— Jack London
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Life? Bah! It has no value. Of cheap things it is the cheapest.
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