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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? – Thomas Carlyle

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All men, if they work not as in the great taskmasters eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you. – Thomas Carlyle

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