Herman Melville Quote

Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.


The works of Herman Melville: Standard edition (ed. 1924)


Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive...

Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive...

Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive...

Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive...