What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude? (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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