His religion at best is an anxious wish, — like that of Rab… - Thomas Carlyle

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His religion at best is an anxious wish, — like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.

Thomas Carlyle

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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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Alternative Names: The Sage of Chelsea

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All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books.

So here hath been dawning
Another blue Day:
Think wilt thou let it
Slip useless away.

Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.

His religion at best is an anxious wish, — like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps. - Thomas Carlyle

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