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Quotation from The Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle
“I will go out of this land to Christian men, and do penance for what I have committed against God”
The Early Kings of Norway, Ch. III, Hakon the Good (Project Gutenberg #1932)
Dying of an arrow wound at Hella, the Christian king who had yielded in form at heathen feasts speaks of penance; he is buried in heathen fashion.
Citation: "I will go out of this land to Christian men, and do penance for what I have committed against God" — Thomas Carlyle, The Early Kings of Norway, Ch. III, Hakon the Good (Project Gutenberg #1932). (id early-kings-of-norway-q3)
