Failure is the true test of greatness ✨ Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Me…

Herman Melville
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Failure is the true test of greatness ✨ Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Julian Hawthorne (2015). Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of “The Scarlet Letter”, “The House of Seven Gables” and “Twice-Told Tales”, p.1775, e-artnow
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