Herman Melville Quote

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.


Benito Cereno, Putnam's Monthly (October 1855)


In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.