In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.
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