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What does loyalty ask of you when keeping a secret means turning away from the truth?
Nothing So Hidden That It Shall Not Be Revealed is an anonymous moral tale built around an old saying: hidden things come to light. It sets loyalty, sacrifice and justice against secrecy and wrongdoing, asking how far faithfulness can reach when it pulls against the truth.
Read it as a teaching story, where people stand for qualities such as courage, greed and faithfulness. The central questions are plain but difficult: what do we owe to others, and what must we give up for justice? Comfort, safety, reputation and peace of mind all enter that reckoning.
What you’ll discover
- Secrets under pressure Explore the tale’s guiding belief that even carefully guarded secrets tend to surface.
- Loyalty against truth Consider where faithfulness ends when a duty to others conflicts with what is right.
- The cost of justice Weigh the comfort, safety or reputation a person may sacrifice to see justice done.
- People who embody choices Read courage, greed and faithfulness as qualities that give a teaching story its force.
- An old saying examined Look beyond familiar words to the hard questions about truth and justice they carry.
Who will love it
This tale suits readers who love a courtroom mystery, a hidden past, and a hero tested by loyalty. It also fits anyone drawn to old moral stories with a Christian heart.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Generosity lives beside a hidden past
- Suspicion moves faster than the truth
- A promise makes innocence look guilty
- The knife deepens the judge’s certainty
- Pain produces a confession without certainty
- Loyalty has a human cost
- Certainty can lead justice astray
- Trust stands against appearances of guilt
Who’s who
- SelmingA skilled and generous watchmaker in Verde who helps the poor, raises Herman as his son, and keeps his own past closed to everyone.
- HermanSelming's gentle, hardworking foster son, who loves his benefactor deeply and guards a secret entrusted to him, whatever it costs.
- The investigating judgeA God-fearing man who dislikes torture, prays for mercy, and struggles to learn whether Herman is innocent or a clever deceiver.
- The elderly housekeeperSelming's silent, loyal servant, who finds the body and later comes forward, fearing the oath, with words she overheard.
- The priestThe pastor who guides Herman in prison and walks beside him on his last road, offering comfort and blessing.
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Nothing So Hidden That It Shall Not Be Revealed
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A watchmaker's murder casts suspicion on his foster son as a bloodied knife reveals the victim's former name.
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What would you do if the man who raised you asked you to keep a secret, and keeping it put a rope around your own neck? In the small German town of Verde, a watchmaker named Selming is loved by all.
Nothing So Hidden That It Shall Not Be Revealed at a glance
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- 10,400 words
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A generous watchmaker takes in a boy
A watchmaker named Selming settles in Verde, a small town in southern Germany. His skill at the bench makes his name known, but his character does even more. He is honest and generous, and no needy person leaves his door without help.
Selming lends money to poor craftsmen who cannot afford workshops of their own. The townspeople assume he must be wealthy. Yet they know nothing of where he lived before, or what he did there. Neighbors probe and pry, but Selming will not talk, and his elderly housekeeper is as silent as a fish. At last the town gives up, and he lives a secluded life, working, reading, and walking beyond the town.
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Nothing So Hidden That It Shall Not Be Revealed. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/nothing-so-hidden-that-it-shall-not-be-revealed.
Nothing so hidden that it shall not be revealed. (2026). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/nothing-so-hidden-that-it-shall-not-be-revealed
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What is Nothing So Hidden That It Shall Not Be Revealed about?
It follows Herman, a young man accused of murdering Selming, the watchmaker who raised him. A judge weighs a torn letter, a knife, and witness words while Herman refuses to explain a secret journey. It is a courtroom mystery with a moral purpose.
Is Nothing So Hidden That It Shall Not Be Revealed a true story?
The tale says it rests on a judge's written account of a case, and it names a town and people. It does not give exact dates or sources, so it is best read as a moral story told in the form of a true case.
Who wrote Nothing So Hidden That It Shall Not Be Revealed and when is it set?
The author is anonymous. The story is set in southern Germany in the first half of the nineteenth century, in the small town of Verde, and it comes from a Christian tradition of instructive storytelling.
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