The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one.
Herman MelvilleIt is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.
Herman MelvilleWe are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
Herman Melville