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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.

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.

Herman Melville
Evil, Risk, Desire
Herman Melville (2015). “Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Works of Melville”, p.201, 谷月社

Those of us who always abhorred slavery as an atheistical iniquity, gladly we join in the exulting chorus of humanity over its downfall.

Herman Melville
Evil, Humanity, Atheism
Herman Melville (1866). “Battle-pieces and aspects of the war [poems].”, p.268

The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.

Herman Melville
Evil, Worst, Officers
Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1765, Delphi Classics

War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.

Herman Melville
War, Character, Evil
Herman Melville (1850). “Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in the Valley of the Marquesas”

Evil is the chronic malady of the universe, and checked in one place, breaks forth in another.

Herman Melville
Evil, Break, Malady
Herman Melville (2012). “Mardi: And A Voyage Thither (Annotated Complete Edition)”, p.439, Jazzybee Verlag

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