As a general rule Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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In all her intercourse with society however there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it.
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Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which you have laid down
- Nathaniel Hawthorne