Herman Melville Quote

Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged.


Romances of Herman Melville: Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Mopby-Dick, White-jacket, Israel Potter, Redburn (ed. 1931)


Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to...

Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to...

Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to...

Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to...