“ Society everywhere is some representation, not insupportably inaccurate, of a graduated Worship of Heroes—reverence and obedience done to men really great and wise. ”
Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (1841). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Carlyle |
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| Source | On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History |
| Topic | obedience society |
| Date | 1841 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1091/1091-h/1091-h.htm |
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“All dignities of rank, on which human association rests, are what we may call a Heroarchy (Government of Heroes) ,—or a Hierarchy, for it is "sacred" enough withal! The Duke means Dux, Leader; King is Kon-ning, Kan-ning, Man that knows or cans. Society everywhere is some representation, not insupportably inaccurate, of a graduated Worship of Heroes—reverence and obedience done to men really great and wise. Not insupportably inaccurate, I say! They are all as bank-notes, these social dignitaries, all representing gold;—and several of them, alas, always are forged notes. We can do with some forged false notes; with a good many even; but not with all, or the most of them forged!”
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