Excerpt from Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Collected and Republished, Vol. 4 of 4
The German language, it is presumable, thou knowest if not, shouldst thou undertake the study thereof for that sole end, it were well worth thy while.
Croquis, a man otherwise of rather satirical turn, surprises us, on this occasion, with a fit Of enthusiasm. He declares often, that here is the finest of all living heads speaks much of blended passion and repose; serene depths of eyes; the brow, the temples, royally arched, a very palace of thought; -and so forth.
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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.
Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.
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