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Quotation from The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
“I tread the common road into the great darkness, without any thought of fear, and with very much of hope. Certainty indeed I have none”
The Life of John Sterling, Part III, Ch. VI
From Sterling's farewell letter, written at Ventnor on 10 August 1844, five weeks before his death.
Citation: "I tread the common road into the great darkness, without any thought of fear, and with very much of hope. Certainty indeed I have none" — Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, Part III, Ch. VI. (id life-of-john-sterling-q10)
