Herman Melville: Butchers of the bloodiest badge have been all military commanders

==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Herman Melville: Selections on peace and war ==== Herman MelvilleMoby Dick Doubtless one leading reason why the world declines honoring us whalemen, is this: they think that, at best, our vocation amounts to a butchering sort of business; and […]