"'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner……" — Nathaniel Hawthorne
"'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'."
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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203 Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us,…
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Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great…
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See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the…
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It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more…
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The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are…
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There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.
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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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