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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 [Excerpt from Thomas Carlyle's 'Past and Present'].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.060 Author/Creator: Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: circa 1843 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

From chapter 8 "Unworking Aristocracy," on p. 172-74 of Carlyle's 1843 book, "Past and Present." A note on the top identifies the content: "A scrap of T. Carlyle's manuscript of 'Past and Present.' RW. Emerson," although, it is probably not in Emerson's hand. The manuscript attacks the aristocracy for doing nothing in the face of others' suffering.

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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