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Quotation from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Your body, my little friend, is about the size of an ordinary man's finger. Pray, how big may your soul be?”

Nathaniel Hawthorne (spoken by Hercules)

Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies (Project Gutenberg #976)

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hercules holds on his palm the tiny Pygmy who has challenged him to single combat; the Pygmy answers that his soul is as big as Hercules' own.

Citation: "Your body, my little friend, is about the size of an ordinary man's finger. Pray, how big may your soul be?" — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies (Project Gutenberg #976). (id tanglewood-tales-q2)

Virtues: Fortitude

Portrait: Tanglewood.Tales.cover, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Public domain.

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