Molokai

Molokai -- "_Molokai ahina_," the "grey," lofty, and most desolate island -- along all its northern side plunges a front of precipice into a sea of unusual profundity.

Father Damien, an Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

GETTING TO MOLOKAI: A ferry runs between Molokai and Lahaina on Maui twice a day.

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But the segregation of the lepers on Molokai is not the horrible nightmare that has been so often exploited by

Chapter 7 1913

I would prefer one year of life in Molokai to five years of life in the above - mentioned cesspools of human degradation and misery.

Chapter 7 1913

On the other hand, if that same leper is in Molokai, the surgeon will operate upon the foot, remove the ulcer, cleanse the bone, and put a complete stop to that particular ravage of the disease.

Chapter 7 1913

Leprosy is terrible, there is no getting away from that; but from what little I know of the disease and its degree of contagiousness, I would by far prefer to spend the rest of my days in Molokai than in any tuberculosis sanatorium.

Chapter 7 1913

For that matter, if it were given me to choose between being compelled to live in Molokai for the rest of my life, or in the East End of London, the East Side of New York, or the Stockyards of Chicago, I would select Molokai without debate.

Chapter 7 1913

For that matter, if it were given me to choose between being compelled to live in Molokai for the rest of my life, or in the East End of London, the East Side of New York, or the Stockyards of Chicago, I would select Molokai without debate.

Chapter 7 1911

I would prefer one year of life in Molokai to five years of life in the above - mentioned cesspools of human degradation and misery.

Chapter 7 1911

But the segregation of the lepers on Molokai is not the horrible nightmare that has been so often exploited by YELLOW writers.

Chapter 7 1911