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A man perfects himself by work much more than by reading.
Thomas Carlyle
On The Choice Of Books (1866)
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True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.
Willard Libby
Thomas Carlyle
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Born:
December 4, 1795
Died:
February 5, 1881
(aged 85)
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