[Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) by Herman Melville]@TWC D-Link bookMardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) CHAPTER IX 5/5
But better we were all annihilated, than that one man should be damned." Rejoined Media: "But think you not, that possibly, Alma may have been misconceived? Are you certain that doctrine is his ?" "I know nothing more than that such is the belief in this land.
And in these matters, I know not where else to go for information.
But, my lord, had I been living in those days when certain men are said to have been actually possessed by spirits from hell, I had not let slip the opportunity--as our forefathers did--to cross-question them concerning the place they came from." "Well, well," said Media, "your Alma's faith concerns not me: I am a king, and a demi-god; and leave vulgar torments to the commonality." "But it concerns me," muttered Mohi; "yet I know not what to think." "For me," said Yoomy, "I reject it.
Could I, I would not believe it. It is at variance with the dictates of my heart instinctively my heart turns from it, as a thirsty man from gall." "Hush; say no more," said Mohi; "again we approach the shore.".
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