Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probabil…

Thomas Carlyle
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Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property, of a man; like light, it can give little or nothing, but at most may show what is given. ✨ The Works of Thomas Carlyle.
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