In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the world's Priest;—guiding it, like a sacred Pillar of Fire, in its dark pilgrimage through the waste of Time.


Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840) - The Hero as Man of Letters

Thomas Carlyle Quotes

In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the world's...

In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the world's...

In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the world's...

In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the world's...