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If you look deep enough you will see music the heart of nature being everywhere music.

Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
Essayist
Historian
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Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Mathematician
Novelist
Philosopher
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Philosopher of Chelsea
Everywhere
Deep
Nature
Music
Look
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Heart

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