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Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.
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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If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.
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A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
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