“The porter spends his days in the Library keeping strict vigil over this catacomb of books, passing along between the shelves and yet never paying heed to the almost audible susurrus of desire- the desire every book has to be taken down and read, to live, to come into being in somebody's mind. He even hands the volumes over the counter, seeks them out in their proper places or returns them there without once realising that a Book is a Person and not a Thing.” MindPersonsBookHandsDesireTakenReturnDown AndLibraryPassingPassingsRealisingVolumeStrictShelvesHeed Book:The Journal of a Disappointed Man Source: The Journal of a Disappointed Man
“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.” DesireCertainEvilPoliticsRiskPassingPassingsReformFulfillmentCan NotConservatismBenevolentIncurring Book:Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Works of Melville Source: Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Works of Melville