The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.


The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Passages from the French and Italian note-books [c1883 (ed. 1883)

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.