Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Past and Present (1843)
“Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over influence.”
1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837)
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