Thomas Carlyle quote about men from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History - All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.
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“ All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men. ”
 Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (1841). copy citation

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Author Thomas Carlyle
Source On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History
Topic men conservation books literature mankind culture
Date 1841
Language English
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Thomas Carlyle quote about men from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History - All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.
Thomas Carlyle quote about men from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History - All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.