"It was very good of God to let Carlyle and Mrs. Carlyle marry one another and so make only two people miserable instead of four."
— Thomas Carlyle

January 1, 1970

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ExistentialistsAcademics from ScotlandPhilosophers from ScotlandConservatives from the United KingdomHistorians from Scotland
Original Language: English

Sources

Samuel Butler, Letter to Eliza Savage, 21 November 1884, in Letters between Samuel Butler and E.M.A. Savage, 1871-1885 (1935)