The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life. (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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