What does Mr. Hooper mean when he says "lo! On every visage a Black Veil!" in "The Minister's Black Veil"?

At the
end of Hawthorne's classic short story "," Reverend Hooper is lying on his death bed
and Reverend Mr. Clark attempts to persuade him to take off his ominous black veil before he
dies. Mr. Clark argues that the unsettling black veil will ruin Reverend Hooper's reputation and
legacy by tainting everyone's memory when they think about him. When Mr. Clark attempts to
remove the black veil, Reverend Hooper grabs his hands and prevents him from moving the dark
crape and revealing his face. Reverend Hooper then challenges him to tremble at everyone else in
fear and asks what has made the black veil so awful. He then expresses his willingness to die
with the veil covering his face and says,

"I look
around me, and, lo! on every visage a Black Veil!" (Hawthorne, 6).

Hooper's final words reflect the theme of secret sin, which is
symbolized by the black veil. Hooper's comments suggest that every individual metaphorically
wears a black veil covering their darkest...