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Quotation from The Life of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas Carlyle
“The Man of Letters has no immutable, all-conquering volition, more than other men; to understand and to perform are two very different things with him as with every one”
The Life of Friedrich Schiller, Part II, opening reflections (Project Gutenberg #23209 (Library Edition))
The thesis of Part II on the temptations of the literary life.
Citation: "The Man of Letters has no immutable, all-conquering volition, more than other men; to understand and to perform are two very different things with him as with every one" — Thomas Carlyle, The Life of Friedrich Schiller, Part II, opening reflections (Project Gutenberg #23209 (Library Edition)). (id life-of-friedrich-schiller-q4)
