We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

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Topic

The afterlife

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Source

The Scarlet Letter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1836 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Notebook entry. 25 Oct. 1836.

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Come out of your warm, angular house, resounding with few voices, into the chill, grand, instantaneous night, with such a Presence as a full moon in the clouds.

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Experiencing nature Man and nature Civilization and nature

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Another quote about The afterlife

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
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Clare Harner

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Author

Clare Harner
Source
Immortality
Medium
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Language
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Time
1934 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Harner, Clare. "Immortality." The Gypsy, Dec. 1934.