Carolina QuotesDebased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 14.
- work
- Alvin Journeyman (1995)
- year
- 1995
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