Quote by Thomas Carlyle
“Мне, например, кажется, что многое зависит от нас самих. Я это по себе знаю: когда что-нибудь огорчает меня и вгоняет в тоску, я вскочу, пробегусь раз-другой по саду, напевая контрдансы, и тоски как не бывало». – «Вот это я и хотел сказать, – подхватил я. – Дурное настроение сродни лени, оно, собственно, одна из ее разновидностей. От природы все мы с ленцой, однако же, если у нас хватает силы встряхнуться, работа начинает спориться, и мы находим в ней истинное удовольствие».”
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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.