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Quotation from On the Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle
“There is no kind of achievement you could make in the world that is equal to perfect health”
On the Choice of Books, Rectorial Address, Edinburgh, 2 April 1866 (closing counsel on health) (Project Gutenberg #13435)
Carlyle warns students against treating life as cheap in pursuit of ambition.
Citation: "There is no kind of achievement you could make in the world that is equal to perfect health" — Thomas Carlyle, On the Choice of Books, Rectorial Address, Edinburgh, 2 April 1866 (closing counsel on health) (Project Gutenberg #13435). (id on-the-choice-of-books-q7)
