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Quote by Thomas Carlyle

“There is something in man which your science cannot satisfy.”

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Thomas Carlyle, born on December 4, 1795, and died on February 5, 1881, was a prominent Scottish philosopher, historian, and writer. His works are known for their profound social criticism and unique literary style, which had a significant impact on 19th-century British literature and thought. more

“Considering the multitude of mortals that handle the pen in these days, and can mostly spell, and write without glaring violations of grammar, the question naturally arises: How is it, then, that no work proceeds from them, bearing any stamp of authenticity and permanence; of worth for more than one day?”

Writing One Day Handle Arise Authenticity Mortals These Days Pens Spells Considering Multitudes Stamps Grammar Violation Permanence

Book:Works

Source: Works

“Only perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and move off into the wilderness, let Congress jargon as it will,can such a form of so-called Government continue for any length of time to torment men with the semblance, when the indispensable substance is not there.”

Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

“The most unhappy of all men is the man who cannot tell what he is going to do, who has got no work cut-out for him in the world, and does not go into it. For work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind,honest work, which you intend getting done.”

Men World Doe Done Cutting Mankind Honest He Man Misery Unhappy Cures Malady Honest Work

Book:The Works of Thomas Carlyle

Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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