| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 38800 |
| QUOTATION: | If not against us, nature is not for us. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Herman Melville (18191891), U.S. author. Mardi (1849), ch. 69, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 3, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1970).
Spoken by Babbalanga, the philosopher. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Melville Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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