Gentleness vs.Harshness "Showing consideration and personal concern for others"   GENTLENESS - A One-Minute Testimonial Announcement Faith Committee, Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Contributed from Encyclopedia of 15,000 Illustrations HAWTHORNE’S WIFE SAVED MONEY FOR BOOK Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) not only owed his success to the daily inspiration of his wife, but also his only opportunity to compose his masterpiece. Losing his customhouse job, he went home to tell his wife he was a failure. To his amazement, she said, “Now you can write your book!” “What shall we live on while I write it?” The astounding woman took out an unsuspected hoard of cash. “Where did you get that?” She answered, “I have always known you were a genius and that you would write an immortal masterpiece. Every week, of the money for housekeeping, I have saved something. Here is enough to last us one whole year.” Hawthorne wrote one of the finest books ever written in the Western Hemisphere—“The Scarlet Letter.” —Herbert V. Prochnow [Reproduced with permission from Encylopedia of 15,000 Illustrations, by Paul Lee Tan, Communications, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1998, #5304]   This material is published by the Faith Committee of the Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Reproduction and Adaptation is encouraged.