Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

After Again Another Does Farther Full Generation Give Grow Grows Itself Man Must Once Place Reached Slumber Stature System Thought Till Unfolds

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