We talk of the Turks, and abhor the cannibals; but may not some of them, go to heaven, before some of us?
Herman MelvilleThe world's a ship on its voyage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.
Herman MelvilleWhatever has made, or does make, or may make music, should be held sacred as the golden bridle-bit of the Shah of Persia's horse,and the golden hammer, with which his hoofs are shod.
Herman MelvilleThere is something in us, somehow, that, in the most degraded condition, we snatch at a chance to deceive ourselves into a fanciedsuperiority to others, whom we suppose lower in the scale than ourselves.
Herman Melville