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Quotation from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
“in Idleness alone is there perpetual despair”
Past and Present, Book III, ch. XI (Labour) (Project Gutenberg #26159)
Carlyle sets work against despair as the remedy for both rich and poor.
Citation: "in Idleness alone is there perpetual despair" — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book III, ch. XI (Labour) (Project Gutenberg #26159). (id past-and-present-q10)
