Herman Melville Quote

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people — the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.


Ch. 36 - White-Jacket (1850)


We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people — the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people — the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people — the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people — the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.