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In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Intensity, Should, Provision
Nathaniel Hawthorne (2007). “SAT Words from Literature - the Scarlet Letter”, p.75, Prestwick House Inc
In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.