Quote by Thomas Carlyle
“Sí, querido Wilhelm, nada en el mundo está tan cerca de mi corazón como los niños. Cuando los contemplo y veo en esas cositas el germen de todas las virtudes, de todas las fuerzas que algún día habrán de serles tan necesarias, cuando vislumbro en su terquedad la futura resolución y firmeza de carácter, en sus caprichos buen humor y ligereza para esquivar los peligros del mundo, ¡todo tan íntegro, tan pleno…!, siempre, siempre repito entonces las áureas palabras del maestro de los hombres26: ¡Si no os volvéis como uno de ellos…! Y, sin embargo, mi buen amigo, a ellos, que son nuestros iguales, a los que deberíamos tener por modelo, los tratamos como si fueran súbditos.”
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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.