Of the things which men can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful and worthy are the things we call Books!
The best effect of any good book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish-born essayist, historian, and philosopher. He was a leading writer of the Victorian era.
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Thomas Carlyle lived and worked in my birth town of Kirkcaldy a few miles away, but he was born in Ecclefechan near Lockerbie in the Scottish Borders.
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Alan, thank you so much for sharing some details about Carlyle. I have embraced his timeless reflections in many of my posts.
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I could sit in that room and read all day!!
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I agree with you, Barb. One can almost hear the voices whispering from those bookshelves.
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