Quote by Thomas Carlyle
“Si je voyais du sang, je serais plus tranquille. Ah! J'ai déjà cent fois saisi un couteau pour faire cesser l'oppression de mon cœur. L'on parle d'une noble race de chevaux qui, quand ils sont échauffés et surmenés, s'ouvrent eux-mêmes, par instinct, une vaine avec les dents pour se faciliter la respiration. Je me trouve souvent dans le même cas : je voudrais m'ouvrir une veine qui me procurât la liberté éternelle.”
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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.