“There is clear truth in the idea that a struggle from the lower classes of society, towards the upper regions and rewards of society, must ever continue. Strong men are born there, who ought to stand elsewhere than there.”

—  Thomas Carlyle

1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Man of Letters

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Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian… 1795–1881

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