We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to cont…

Thomas Carlyle
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We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to control and vanquish withal. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2016). Heroes and Hero Worship: The Historian, p.134, 北戴河出版
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We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to control and vanquish withal. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (2016). Heroes and Hero Worship: The Historian, p.134, 北戴河出版

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