Favorites Quote's
Author
Topic's
Blog
Think Of It. To Go Down To Posterity As A 'man Who Lived Among The Cannibals.'
-Herman Melville
Please Wait....
Translating....
Select Image
Download as Image
English
Spanish
French
German
Hindi
Chinese
Think Of It. To Go Down To
Herman Melville
Think Of It. To Go Down To Posterity As A 'man Who Lived Among The Cannibals.'
Views: 12
Topic
Men
Thinking
Cannibal
More From Herman Melville
I Never Fancied Broiling Fowls; - Though Once Broiled, Judiciously Buttered, And Judgmatically Salted And Peppered, There Is No One Who Will Speak More Respectfully, Not To Say Reverentially, Of A Broiled Fowl Than I Will.
Cooking
Fowl
Speak
The Most Mighty Of Nature's Laws Is This, That Out Of Death She Brings Life.
Nature
Law
Benevolent Desires, After Passing A Certain Point, Can Not Undertake Their Own Fulfillment Without Incurring The Risk Of Evils Beyond Those Sought To Be Remedied.
Evil
Risk
Desire
The Result Of Civilization, At The Sandwich Islands And Elsewhere, Is Found Productive To The Civilizers, Destructive To The Civilizees. It Is Said To Be Compensation--a Very Philosophical Word; But It Appears To Be Very Much On The Principle Of The Old Game, "you Lose, I Win": Good Philosophy For The Winner.
Philosophy
Philosophical
Winning
The Grand Principles Of Virtue And Honor, However They May Be Distorted By Arbitrary Codes, Are The Same The World Over: And Wherethese Principles Are Concerned, The Right Or Wrong Of Any Action Appears The Same To The Uncultivated As To The Enlightened Mind.
Honor
Mind
Principles
Trending Author
Joan Lunden
William Carey
Chris Moneymaker
Evan Esar
Fanny Brice
Gordon B. Hinckley
Category
Information