The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
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"The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison." — Nathaniel Hawthorne #happinessjoy
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The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
About Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a Novelist from United States (1804–1864).
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This quote is attributed to Nathaniel Hawthorne, a Novelist from United States.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne lived from 1804 – 1864.
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