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O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?—such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin.

O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?—such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin.

Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial

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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Photographic portrait, 1860–1864

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