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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. - Thomas Carlyle
" "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 (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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The Sage of Chelsea
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This great maxim of philosophy he had gathered by the teaching of nature alone — that man was created to work, not to speculate or feel or dream. Accordingly, he set his whole heart thitherwards. He did work wisely and unweariedly, and perhaps performed more with the tools he had than any man I now know.
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