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Variety is the condition of harmony.

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
Teacher
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Writer
Philosopher of Chelsea
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Variety
Condition
Harmony

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