All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic pr…

Thomas Carlyle
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All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. ✨ On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic The Hero as Man of Letters (1841)
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All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. ✨ On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic The Hero as Man of Letters (1841)

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