Herman Melville on Family
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Herman Melville, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Herman Melville, entry #42921: "Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance."
Attributed to Herman Melville, entry #212365: "In the light of that martial code whereby it was formally to be judged, innocence and guilt personified in Claggart and Budd in effect changed places. In a legal view the apparent…"
2 Quotes by Herman Melville on Family
"Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance."
"In the light of that martial code whereby it was formally to be judged, innocence and guilt personified in Claggart and Budd in effect changed places. In a legal view the apparent victim of the tragedy was he who had sought to victimize a man blameless; and the indisputable deed of the latter, navally regarded, constituted the most heinous of military crimes."