“…the books that prove most agreeable, grateful, and companionable, are those we pick up by chance here and there; those which seem put into our hands by Providence; those which pretend to little, but abound in much.” Herman Melville, White-Jacket (1850)
The Author's Cove: John "Jack" Cunningham on Writing & History 
” pretend to little, but abound in much” — A tall order.
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Jack, thanks for sharing Herman Melville’s insightful quotation.
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