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Quotation from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

“Brothers, I am sorry I have got no Morrison's Pill for curing the maladies of Society”

Thomas Carlyle

Past and Present, Book I, ch. IV (Morrison's Pill) (Project Gutenberg #26159)

Carlyle refuses the hope of a single patent remedy, naming a heavily advertised pill of his day.

Citation: "Brothers, I am sorry I have got no Morrison's Pill for curing the maladies of Society" — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book I, ch. IV (Morrison's Pill) (Project Gutenberg #26159). (id past-and-present-q7)

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