How feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons, and condemn to perpetual solitude in the very heart of our population.
Herman MelvilleWar being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.
Herman MelvilleSurely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.
Herman Melville