“You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so much as a world.”
Herman Melville“And the drawing near of Death, which alike levels all, alike impresses all with a last revelation, which only an author from the dead could adequately tell.”
Herman Melville“and yet a child’s utter innocence is but its blank ignorance, and the innocence more or less wanes as intelligence waxes.”
Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor“...flight from tyranny does not of itself insure a safe asylum, far less a happy home.”
Herman Melville, The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles: By Herman Melville - Illustrated“Often ill comes from the good, as good from ill.”
Herman Melville, The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles: By Herman Melville - Illustrated“There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.”
Herman Melville“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.”
Herman Melville“In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.”
Herman Melville