Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at least to my taste-his countenance yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable. You cannot hide the soul.

Herman Melville
Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at...
Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at...
Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at...
Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at...
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When Charles Dickens is talking about his friend, Mr. Heep, he says, “…his countenance yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable. You cannot hide the soul.” In other words, although Mr. Heep looked like a swindler and a villain, there was something about his appearance that made him not quite as scary as one might imagine.

Source: Mobydick Or, The Whale

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