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A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.

A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.
Nath. Hawthorne (identity unresolved)

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Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)

Printed page 196 · quotation 11 · Nath. Hawthorne · Scarlet Letter Ch. X.

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