Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and pity; and may fulfillment verify in the end those expectations which kindle the bards of Progress and Humanity.


Collected poems (ed. 1947)

Herman Melville Quotes

Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and...

Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and...

Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and...

Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and...