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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happiness

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When people start a new community, no matter how perfect they hope it will be, they quickly realize they need to set aside land for burials. This shows that even in the pursuit of happiness and virtue, they must accept the reality of death and impermanence.

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