“ All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble ”
Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (1843). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Carlyle |
|---|---|
| Source | Past and Present |
| Topic | work |
| Date | 1843 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13534/pg13534-images.html |
Context
“Their worship on the Sabbath now is to roost there, with unmusical screeches, and half-remember that they had souls.
Didst thou never, O Traveler, fall in with parties of this tribe? Meseems they are grown somewhat numerous in our day.
————- * Sale's Koran (Introduction) .
Chapter IV Happy
All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble: be that here said and asserted once more. And in like manner too all dignity is painful; a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god. The life of all gods figures itself to us as a Sublime Sadness—earnestness of Infinite Battle against Infinite Labour.”
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