Yesterday I visited the British Museum; an exceedingly tiresome affair. It quite crushes a person to see so much at once; and I wandered from hall to hall with a weary and heavy heart. The present is burdened too much… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The present is burdened too much with the past. We have not time, in our earthly existence, to appreciate what is warm with life, and immediately around us. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
