in the learned professions as in the unlearned, and in human things throughout, in every place and in every time, the true function of intellect is not that of talking, but of understanding and discerning with a view to performing!


Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850) - Stump Orator (May 1, 1850)

Thomas Carlyle Quotes

In the learned professions as in the unlearned, and in human things throughout, in every place and in every time, the true function of intellect is...

In the learned professions as in the unlearned, and in human things throughout, in every place and in every time, the true function of intellect is...

In the learned professions as in the unlearned, and in human things throughout, in every place and in every time, the true function of intellect is...

In the learned professions as in the unlearned, and in human things throughout, in every place and in every time, the true function of intellect is...