Ocupation: Writer
Life: November 29, 1799 - March 4, 1888
Birthday: November 29
Death: March 4
Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.
source: Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”
topic: Evil, Soul, Liberty, Fetters, Contrition