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To redeem a world sunk in dishonesty has not been given thee. Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control. Him redeem, him make honest.
To redeem a world sunk in dishonesty has not been given thee. Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control. Him redeem, him make honest.
Approximate author period: c. 1838 AD · industrial
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- Thomas Carlyle
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- Approximate author period: c. 1838 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1795–1881)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 267 · printed citation: Thomas Carlyle · subject: Uprightness
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