Quote by: Nathaniel Hawthorne

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.


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Author Bio


  • NameNathaniel Hawthorne
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1864)
  • AliasesNathaniel Hathorne
  • BornJuly 4, 1804
  • DiedMay 19, 1864
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Diplomat; Novelist