Not a "gay science," I should say, like some we have heard of; no, a dreary, desolate… — Thomas Carlyle
Not a "gay science," I should say, like some we have heard of; no, a dreary, desolate, and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one: what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science.
1849
★ 5.2On the discipline of economics.
Provenance
Current citation
Carlyle, Thomas. "The Nigger Question." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 29, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Original citation
Carlyle, Thomas [published anonymously]. "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question." Fraser's Magazine, Dec. 1849.
