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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6008 Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6008
AUTHOR:Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
QUOTATION:  In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.
ATTRIBUTION:Heroes and Hero-Worship. The Hero as a Man of Letters.