Record Number: 7333
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You are not to think that I am fretful. I have long accustomed my mind to look upon the future with a sedate aspect; and at any rate, my hopes have never yet failed me. A French Author (D'Alembert, one of the few persons who deserve the honourable epithet of honest man) whom I was lately reading, remarks that one who devotes his life to learning ought to carry for his motto-Liberty, Truth, Poverty; for her that fears the latter can never have the former.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Unknown
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:7333
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:174
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7333, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Carlyle to Margaret Carlyle (mother) dated 29th March 1819, written at Edinburgh. Pages 173 - 175 in this edition.
