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Know of a truth that only the time-shadows have perished or are perishable; that the real being of whatever was, and whatever is, and whatever will be, is even now and for ever.

Know of a truth that only the time-shadows have perished or are perishable; that the real being of whatever was, and whatever is, and whatever will be, is even now and for ever.

Approximate author period: c. 1838 AD · industrial

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Thomas Carlyle
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Approximate author period: c. 1838 AD · industrial
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Recorded source
Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

Printed citation: Carlyle. · page_219

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