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Quotation from The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
“I likened him often, in my banterings, to sheet-lightning”
The Life of John Sterling, Part I, Ch. I
Carlyle's recurring image for Sterling's brilliance and lack of concentration; he begged him to gather himself into a thunderbolt.
Citation: "I likened him often, in my banterings, to sheet-lightning" — Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, Part I, Ch. I. (id life-of-john-sterling-q4)
