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PROPHECY FULFILLED
Nathaniel Hawthorne in the short story, “The Great Stone Face,” tells about people who grew up in a small mountain village which was overshadowed by a great stone face on a distant crag. The face seemed kind and the people felt that it was sending wisdom, love, and peace down to their village. A legend concerning the face was passed down from one generation to another. Someday the village would produce a man whose features were like that of the great stone face. As the years passed by, the people’s hope was occasionally raised that the legend had come true when a former village boy who had achieved fame and would return. But each time they were disappointed. Not one bore the likeness of the great stone face. Meanwhile, a boy named Ernest was born in the village and spent his lifetime there. He studied the face until its virtues became his and he became known for miles around for his…