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The thing is not only to avoid error, but to attain immense masses of truth.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
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