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Quotation from The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
“the doctors intimated that there lay consumption in the question, and that perfect recovery was not to be looked for”
The Life of John Sterling, Part I, Ch. XI
After Sterling's first grave illness, shortly after his marriage, his physicians warn of consumption.
Citation: "the doctors intimated that there lay consumption in the question, and that perfect recovery was not to be looked for" — Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, Part I, Ch. XI. (id life-of-john-sterling-q7)
