[F]riend!—Will the ballot-box raise the Noblest to the chief place; does any sane man deliberately believe such a thing? - Thomas Carlyle

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[F]riend!—Will the ballot-box raise the Noblest to the chief place; does any sane man deliberately believe such a thing?

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About 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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Alternative Names: The Sage of Chelsea
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