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The true epic of our times is not Arm's and the Man, but Tools and the Man--an infinitely wider kind of epic.

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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