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Quotation from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

“Here stand I; I can do no other: God assist me”

Thomas Carlyle (spoken by Martin Luther (as quoted by Carlyle))

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, Lecture IV (The Hero as Priest) (Project Gutenberg #1091)

Carlyle quotes Luther's closing words at the Diet of Worms, 17 April 1521, in his own translation.

Citation: "Here stand I; I can do no other: God assist me" — Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, Lecture IV (The Hero as Priest) (Project Gutenberg #1091). (id on-heroes-hero-worship-q8)

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