Quote by Thomas Carlyle
“Parece que se ha levantado un velo delante de mi alma, y el escenario de la vida infinita no se transforma a mis ojos en el abismo de la tumba, eternamente abierta. ¿Puedes decir “esto existe” cuando todo pasa, cuando todo se precipita con la velocidad del rayo, sin conservar casi nunca sus fuerzas, y se ve, ¡ay!, encadenado, tragado por el torrente, y despedazado contra las rocas? No hay un momento que no te consuma, que no consuma los tuyos; no hay un momento que no seas, en que no debas ser destructor; tu paseo más inocente cuesta la vida a millares de pobres insectos; uno solo de tus pasos destruye los laboriosos edificios de las hormigas, y sumerge todo un pequeño mundo en un sepulcro.”
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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.