Thomas Carlyle Quote

Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. "There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in it: how else could it rot?"

As used in his time, by the word force, Carlyle means energy.

On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History (1840)


Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in...

Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in...

Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in...

Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in...