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Quotation from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
“Not in sharp fever-fits, but in chronic gangrene of this kind is Scotland suffering”
Past and Present, Book I, ch. I (Midas) (Project Gutenberg #26159)
Carlyle draws on Dr. Alison's reports and uses a medical image for permanent, not seasonal, destitution.
Citation: "Not in sharp fever-fits, but in chronic gangrene of this kind is Scotland suffering" — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book I, ch. I (Midas) (Project Gutenberg #26159). (id past-and-present-q4)
