In time of peril, like the needle to the loadstone, obedience, irrespective of rank, generally flies to him who is best fitted to command.
Herman MelvilleLet America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
Herman MelvilleThere is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.
Herman Melville