“ It is the very joy of man's heart to admire, where he can ”
Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (1843). copy citation
Author | Thomas Carlyle |
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Source | Past and Present |
Topic | joy heart |
Date | 1843 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13534/pg13534-images.html |
Context
“O, if all Yankee-land follow a small good 'Schnuspel the distinguished Novelist' with blazing torches, dinner-invitations, universal hep-hep-hurrah, feeling that he, though small, is something; how might all Angle-land once follow a hero-martyr and great true Son of Heaven! It is the very joy of man's heart to admire, where he can; nothing so lifts him from all his mean imprisonments, were it but for moments, as true admiration. Thus it has been said, 'all men, especially all women, are born worshipers;' and will worship, if it be but possible.”
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