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It is not a lucky word, this name impossible no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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Philosopher of Chelsea
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Clean undeniable right, clear undeniable might: either of these once ascertained puts an end to battle. All battle is a confused experiment to ascertain one and both of these.
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All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
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Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.
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Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.
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A dandy is a clothes-wearing man--a man whose trade, office, and existence consist in the wearing of clothes. Every faculty of his soul, spirit, person and purse is heroically consecrated to this one object--the wearing of clothes, wisely and well so that, as others dress to live, he lives to dress.
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There is a majesty and mystery in nature, take her as you will. The essence of poetry comes breathing to a mind that feels from every province of her empire.
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Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History Books!
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