The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. - Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: "The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed."

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Doubt	Fool	Going	Greatest
Heroic	Heroism	Obeyed	Obstacle
Ones	Ought	Profoundest	Prove
Resist	Resisted	Self	Truest
Whether	Wisdom

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