TOHis HighnessTHEBunker-Hill MonumentBIOGRAPHY, in its purer form, confined to the ended lives of the true and brave, may be held the fairest meed of human virtue -- one given and received in entire disinterestedness -- since neither can the biographer hope for acknowledgment from the subject, nor the subject at all avail himself of the biographical distinction conferred.
(It's better to create than destroy what's unnecessary)
Monday, February 7, 2011
Israel Potter - Opening
Labels: Herman Melville, Opening
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