We are not a nation, so much as a world; for unless we claim all the world for our sire, like Melchisedec, we are without father or mother.
Herman Melville (2010). “Redburn”, p.224, Modern Library
We are not a nation, so much as a world; for unless we claim all the world for our sire, like Melchisedec, we are without father or mother.