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Albatross or flying dutchman

Any man who has gone farther and fared worse than ever, may console himself with the thought that it could be the albatross or the flying Dutchman.

Moby Dick (1851)

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"Any man who has gone farther and fared worse than ever, may console himself with the thought that it could be the albatross or the flying Dutchman. "
   --Herman Melville 1819-1891, Moby Dick (1851)