Quote by Thomas Carlyle
When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the For

When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of mans soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances. – Thomas Carlyle

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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. – Thomas Carlyle

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The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. – Thomas Carlyle

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