The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Mini who’s who:

Nathaniel Hawthorne : American Novelist
Born:  July 4, 1804
Died:  May 19, 1864