August 1st – American Minute – Herman Melville
"There she blows!" cried the lookout, sighting Moby Dick. This classic, was written by Herman Melville, born AUGUST 1, 1819. "Better known works which rely on allusions from the Bible include Milton's Paradise Lost...Shakespeare...and Melville's Moby Dick... Secular education...demands that the student have a good knowledge of the Bible."