Surely of all 'rights of man,' this right of the ignorant man to be guided by the wiser… — Thomas Carlyle
Surely of all 'rights of man,' this right of the ignorant man to be guided by the wiser, to be, gently or forcibly, held in the true course by him, is the indisputablest.
1840
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Carlyle, Thomas. "Chartism." Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics, 2015.
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Carlyle, Thomas. Chartism. London: James Frases, 1840, ch. 6.
