Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporte…

Thomas Carlyle
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Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all. ✨ On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic The Hero as Man of Letters (1841).
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Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all. ✨ On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic The Hero as Man of Letters (1841).

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