Clergymen, judges, statesmen--the wisest, calmest, holiest persons of their day--stood in the inner circle round about the gallows, loudest to applaud the work of blood, latest to confess themselves miserably deceived.
Nathaniel HawthorneAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: July 4, 1804
- Died: May 19, 1864
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