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## Thomas Carlyle quotes on philosophy

1. > This great maxim of Philosophy he had gathered by the teaching of nature alone: That man was created to work, not to speculate, or feel, or dream.

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2. > : with what scientific stoicism he walks through the land of wonders, unwondering :

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3. > Lord Bacon could as easily have created this planet as he could have written Hamlet.

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