knowledge of southern constellations
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Herman Melville
- Leipzig (Wikipedia)
Leipzig (/ˈlaɪpsɪɡ, -sɪx/ LYPE-sig, -sikh, German: [ˈlaɪptsɪç]; Upper Saxon: Leibz’sch), with a population of 624,689 inhabitants as of 2022, is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony, the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after (East) Berlin, and Germany’s eighth most populous. Leipzig/Halle Airport is situated in Schkeuditz, between Leipzig and Halle (Saale). The name of the city and those of many of its districts are of Slavic origin.
- Herman Melville (Wikipedia)
Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival, and Moby-Dick grew to be considered one of the great American novels.
