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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Source: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1876). “The snow-image and other twice-told tales”, p.102

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th-century American novelist known for his exploration of guilt and morality in works like 'The Scarlet Letter.'

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