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No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
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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