Carlyle

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    France was long a despotism tempered by epigrams.
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a Man ... by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts?
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    The three great elements of modern civilization, gunpowder, printing, and the Protestant religion.
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)