It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind.


Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities (ed. 1852)

Herman Melville Quotes

It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind.

It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind.

It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind.

It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind.