As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in a love letter:
Thou only hast revealed me to myself: for without thy aid, my best knowledge of myself, would have been merely to know my own shadow – to watch it flickering on the wall, and mistake its fantasies for my own real actions.
(Quoted from page 80 of Select Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, edited by Joel Myerson. The Ohio State University Press, 2002.)
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Thou only hast revealed me to myself: for without thy aid, my best knowledge of myself, would have been merely to know my own shadow – to watch it flickering on the wall, and mistake its fantasies for my own real actions.
(Quoted from page 80 of Select Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, edited by Joel Myerson. The Ohio State University Press, 2002.)
For a brief biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, click here. For images of or relating to Nathaniel Hawthorne, click here.
For a brief biography of Joel Myerson, click here. For images of or relating to Joel Myerson, click here.
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