Quote by Herman Melville
Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing fort

Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! – Herman Melville

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