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Thomas Carlyle quote: "Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul."
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Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.


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THOMAS CARLYLE Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.
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