Thomas Carlyle1795–1881- Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), Bk. I, ch. 10.
- The French Revolution. A History (1837), Pt. I, Bk. VII, ch. 5.
- Sir Walter Scott (1838)
- Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855), Essays, Goethe’s Works.
- Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855), Article on Biography.
- Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855), On History.
- The Hero as Divinity
- The Hero as Man of Letters
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
The Hero as ProphetA poet without love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility.
Burns (1828).Every noble crown is, and on earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.
Past and Present (1843), Bk. III, ch. 7.In every man’s writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded.
Goethe (1828).Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Past and Present (1843), Bk. III, ch. 11.Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
“Goethe’s Helena”, Foreign Review (1828)- Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), Bk. II, ch. 4.
