The Book had in a high degree excited us to self-activity, which is the best effect of any book.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Sartor Resartus, Book 1, ch. 4 (1834)
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The Book had in a high degree excited us to self-activity, which is the best effect of any book. This passage first appeared in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 8, No. 47 (1833-11).WIST Quotations
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