Nathaniel Hawthorne: We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in its

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we de — Nathaniel Hawthorne

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not good to do religiously.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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