Hadst thou not Greek enough to understand thus much: The end of man is an Action, and not a Thought, though it were the noblest. - Thomas Carlyle
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Hadst thou not Greek enough to understand thus much: The end of man is an Action, and not a Thought, though it were the noblest.
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Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (December 4 1795 – February 5 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher of great prominence during the Victorian era. His wife was Jane Welsh Carlyle.
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