All the gifted souls, of every rank, who are born to you in this generation. These are appointed, by the true eternal "divine right" which will never become obsolete, to be your governors and administrators; and precisely as you employ them, or neglect to employ them, will your State be favored of Heaven or disfavored. This noble young soul, you can have him on either of two conditions; and on one of them, since he is here in the world, you must have him. As your ally and coadjutor; or failing that, as your natural enemy: which shall it be? I consider that every Government convicts itself of infatuation and futility, or absolves and justifies itself before God and man, according as it answers this question.


Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850) - The New Downing Street (April 15, 1850)

Thomas Carlyle Quotes

All the gifted souls, of every rank, who are born to you in this generation. These are appointed, by the true eternal divine right which will never...

All the gifted souls, of every rank, who are born to you in this generation. These are appointed, by the true eternal divine right which will never...

All the gifted souls, of every rank, who are born to you in this generation. These are appointed, by the true eternal divine right which will never...

All the gifted souls, of every rank, who are born to you in this generation. These are appointed, by the true eternal divine right which will never...