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“All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books.”
- Date
- 1841
Meaning of “All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or…”
Books preserve human experience beyond individual lifetimes, allowing later readers to encounter accumulated thought, achievement, conflict, and memory.
Where does it come from?
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History; Carlyle describes books as durable containers of human memory and achievement.
