Quote from "The Galoshes of Fortune" (1838)

The tale has not been translated (by Hersholt) and is therefore quoted in Danish.

Det seer i Grunden ængsteligt ud med den Sjæle-Hukommelse; hver Synd, hver ond Tanke vil den jo kunde repetere, da vil det komme an paa, om vi kunne gjøre Regnskab for hvert utilbørligt Ord i Hjertet og paa Læben.

Registered motifs in this quote:

  1. Sin, sinner
  2. The concept of the soul's account of good and evil being settled after death