Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.Thomas Carlyle
“Music is well said to be the speech of angels.”
Scottish historian and essayist · 1795 – 1881
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish historian, philosopher and essayist whose works, including Sartor Resartus and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, shaped Victorian thought. His history of the French Revolution is regarded as a classic of the genre.
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