The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sens…

Thomas Carlyle
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The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sense for the godlike. ✨ Thomas Carlyle, G. B. Tennyson (1984). Carlyle Reader, p.214, CUP Archive
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