Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books! - Thomas Carlyle
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Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books!
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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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