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Glue From The Melted Bones Of Murderers

1 passage in the novel carry this mark, in the order they appear.

“Horse-shoe stubbs, sir? Why, Captain Ahab, thou hast here, then, the best and stubbornest stuff we blacksmiths ever work.”

“I know it, old man; these stubbs will weld together like glue from the melted bones of murderers.

Chapter 113, The Forge · verse 6

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