Words, so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent… — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Words, so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Journal entry. 18 May 1848.

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