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What is a ship but a prison?

Source: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' [The thought was elaborated by Samuel Johnson; see below.]
-- Robert Burton, (Feb 8 1577-1640), English scholar, writer, clergyman; His Anatomy of Melancholy was considered a masterpiece of style and valuable index to philosophers of the time.

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