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... fear that he may sink back into a lethargy. The extreme excitability, which circumstances have imparted to his moral system, has its dangers and its advantages; it being one of the dangers, that an obdurate scar may supervene upon its very tenderness. Solitude has done what it could for him; now, for a while, let him be enticed into the ... — The Marble Faun, Volume II. - The Romance of Monte Beni • Nathaniel Hawthorne |