Thomas Carlyle Quote

Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity: men now even die, and kill one another, in an artificial manner.


Pt. I, Bk. VII, ch. 4. - The French Revolution. A History (1837)


Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity: men now even die, ...

Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity: men now even die, ...

Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity: men now even die, ...

Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity: men now even die, ...