To be a born American citizen seems a guarantee against pauperism; and this, perhaps, springs from the virtue of a vote.
Herman MelvilleWe may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death. And not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys will we become what Christianity is striving to make us.
Herman MelvilleI cherish the greatest respect towards everybody's religious obligations, no matter how comical.
Herman Melville