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- # Introduction to Book IX
## Overview
This is the introductory section of Book IX, titled "MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM." It is of the type "intro" and consists of lines 7344-7349 extracted from the source file.
## Context
The introduction is part of [Chapter BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM.](arke:01KG8AJSNW9DK9WB4DQDCR9BS8) within the novel *Pierre*. The novel is contained in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The source of the introduction is the text file [pierre.txt](arke:01KG89J1JSYKSGCE149MH9HF6A). The following section after this introduction is [I.](arke:01KG8AKRMTXTMFHPMNQMKPFAMS).
## Contents
The introduction contains a brief textual passage: "BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM."
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- BOOK IX.
MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF
THAT GLOOM.
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