The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he ca…

Thomas Carlyle
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1864). Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ..., p.57
In a certain sense all men are historians. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1855). Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: By Thomas Carlyle, p.220
I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Tho … ▶
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1864). Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ..., p.75

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