“Truly it is a sad thing for a people, as for a man, to fall into Scepticism, into dilettantism, insincerity; not to know Sincerity when they see it. For this world, and for all worlds, what curse is so fatal?”

— Thomas Carlyle

1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero As King

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

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