– There is still a real magic in the action and reaction of minds on one another. [Thomas Carlyle] In 1829, a young man from Scotland published an essay entitled Signs of the Times. Carlyle was unknown, and seemingly ill-equipped for consequence or celebrity. Yet the essay seemed to all who read it …
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Dec 19
Signs of the Times
– There is still a real magic in the action and reaction of minds on one another. [Thomas Carlyle] In 1829, a young man from Scotland published an essay entitled Signs of the Times. Carlyle was unknown, and seemingly ill-equipped for consequence or celebrity. Yet the essay seemed to all who read it …
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