Herman Melville Quote

For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!


Moby Dick (ed. 1892)


For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever...

For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever...

For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever...

For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever...