Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man
Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
1 Oct, 2019
Brief Extract: I religiously obeyed his instructions with regard to the papers in the escritoire and burned them in a heap without looking into one, though sorely tempted. But the old journal I kept. Perhaps in strict conscience I ought also to have
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Brief Extract: I religiously obeyed his instructions with regard to the papers in the escritoire and burned them in a heap without looking into one, though sorely tempted. But the old journal I kept. Perhaps in strict conscience I ought also to have burned that; but casting my eye over some half-torn leaves the other day, I could not resist an impulse to give some fragments of it to the public. Less