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Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds…

Quote byAmos Bronson Alcott · 1799–1888

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Table-Talk (1877), Bk II: Speculative, iv: The Lapse, § Durance, p. 166.

English (original)

Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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