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Chris Mayou's avatar

But, did the fathers also wear a scarlett letter?

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Adrian Gaty's avatar

Exactly! *that* was hawthorne’s point and why I still like him so much… it’s not really his fault that decades of liberal scholarship/teaching turned his point around into “don’t shame anyone”

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Clever Pseudonym's avatar

yes, it was called the French Pox ;)

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