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Herman Melville

Herman Melville
Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses -- for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it.
The grand principles of virtue and honor, however they may be distorted by arbitrary codes, are the same the world over: and where these principles are concerned, the right or wrong of any action appears the same to the uncultivated as to the enlightened mind.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.