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Quotation from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
“Man, by the nature of him, is definable as “an incarnated Word”
The French Revolution: A History, Vol. III, Book VII (Vendémiaire), Ch. VIII, 'Finis' (Project Gutenberg #1301)
In his farewell to the reader Carlyle grounds the sacredness of honest speech in human nature, echoing the language of John's Gospel.
Citation: "Man, by the nature of him, is definable as “an incarnated Word" — Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History, Vol. III, Book VII (Vendémiaire), Ch. VIII, 'Finis' (Project Gutenberg #1301). (id the-french-revolution-carlyle-q11)
