We are now in the midst of our first television war ... the television environment [is] total and therefore invisible. Along with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Did all the lets and bars appear To every just or larger end, Whence should come the trust and cheer? Youth must… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
If you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head--no intricate game… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
A gentleman of Typee can bring up a numerous family of children and give them all a highly respectable cannibal education, with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Yet this is life. For hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world's vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
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