Thomas Carlyle Quote

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, a real possession and acquirement.


Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished (ed. 1847)


The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, ...

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, ...

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, ...

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, ...