Hawthorne’s Words of Wisdom
We will devise a class list of Hawthorne’s “words of wisdom.” As you read, select and mark passages that you would like to contribute to our class list. Examples include:
• “To the untrue man, the whole universe is false” (142).
• “No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to
the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true”
(203).
Be prepared to discuss these quotations in class.