Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of … - Thomas Carlyle

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Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster.

Thomas Carlyle

Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.

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