1. “Verse after verse was sung, and still the chorus of the desert swelled between like the deepest tone of a mighty organ; and with the final peal of that dreadful anthem there came a sound, as if the roaring wind, the rushing streams, the howling beasts, and every other voice of the unconcerted wilderness were mingling and according with the voice of guilty man in homage to the prince of all.”

2. “At the word, Goodman Brown stepped forth from the shadow of the trees and approached the congregation, with whom he felt a loathsome brotherhood by the sympathy of all that was wicked in his heart.”

3. “’Welcome, my children,’ said the dark figure, ‘to the communion of your race. Ye have found thus young your nature and your destiny.’”