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Quotation from On the Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle
“Gentlemen came down from London by train the night before, and returned to London by train the night after”
On the Choice of Books, Biographical Introduction, account of the Rectorial address day (2 April 1866) (Project Gutenberg #13435)
A reporter describes the eagerness to hear Carlyle in the Music Hall, George Street; country clergy came from beyond Aberdeen and visitors from London.
Citation: "Gentlemen came down from London by train the night before, and returned to London by train the night after" — Thomas Carlyle, On the Choice of Books, Biographical Introduction, account of the Rectorial address day (2 April 1866) (Project Gutenberg #13435). (id on-the-choice-of-books-q1)
