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The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind.

Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
Essayist
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Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Mathematician
Novelist
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Philosopher of Chelsea
Solitary
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Generated
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Lightning

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