The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

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The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Thomas Carlyle

On Heroes · 1840

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1840

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Thomas Carlyle

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Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Divinity." 5 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

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