“ There is not a man or hat-maker born into the world but feels, at first, that he is degrading himself if he speak of his excellencies and prowesses, and supremacy in his craft ”
Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (1843). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Carlyle |
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| Source | Past and Present |
| Topic | degrading supremacy |
| Date | 1843 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13534/pg13534-images.html |
Context
“as will not seem too false to be credible!—I answer, once for all, that the fact is not so. Nature requires no man to make proclamation of his doings and hat-makings; Nature forbids all men to make such. There is not a man or hat-maker born into the world but feels, at first, that he is degrading himself if he speak of his excellencies and prowesses, and supremacy in his craft: his inmost heart says to him, "Leave thy friends to speak of these; if possible, thy enemies to speak of these; but at all events, thy friends!" He feels that he is already a poor braggart; fast hastening to be a falsity and speaker of the Untruth.”
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