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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

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My friend, brag not yet of our American cousins! Their quantity of cotton, dollars, industry and resources, I believe to be almost unspeakable; but I can by no means worship the like of these. What great human soul, what great thought, what great noble thing that one could worship, or loyally admire, has yet…
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WIST Quotations · Essay (1850-02-01), "The Present Time," Latter-Day Pamphlets, No. 1 - Carlyle, Thomas | WIST QuotationsMy friend, brag not yet of our American cousins! Their quantity of cotton, dollars, industry and resources, I believe to be almost unspeakable; but I can by no means worship the like of these. What great human soul, what great thought, what great noble thing that one could worship, or…