“O! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain; and that innocence, though oppressed by injustice, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune!And, if the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it—the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.” IfsMaySometimesHandsCertainHoursEffortMoralTaughtSorrowSceneWeakInjusticeHumblePunishmentTalesInnocenceTriumphVainMisfortunesOppressedAfflictionViciousTransientOne Hour Book:Five Gothic Masterpieces: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Great God Pan, Frankenstein, Carmilla, and Dracula Source: Five Gothic Masterpieces: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Great God Pan, Frankenstein, Carmilla, and Dracula
“Consider your second attention as a spiritual perceiver. Consider how you use it. You may plead innocence. You're not doing anything wrong. Don't feel that you've sinned. You have done what you had to do to survive, as did your mother, as did your grandmother.” FeelsMayDoneUseSpiritualMotherWomenAttentionEnlightenmentInnocenceGrandmotherYour Grandmother Author:Frederick Lenz