“ a life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god. ”
Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (1843). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Carlyle |
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| Source | Past and Present |
| Topic | life ease |
| Date | 1843 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13534/pg13534-images.html |
Context
“————- * 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. Our highest religion is named the 'Worship of Sorrow.' For the son of man there is no noble crown, well worn, or even ill worn, but is a crown of thorns!—These things, in spoken words, or still better, in felt instincts alive in every heart, were once well known.”
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