Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.


The Apple-tree Table and Other Sketches (ed. 1922)

Herman Melville Quotes

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.