A Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A frightful dialect for the stupid, the pedant and dullard sort.
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They are asleep. This is the condition they prefer. They are afraid of the world and sleep is a way of dealing with their fear. Someday they will wake. Perhaps something frightful will happen. Indeed, there is no better invitation to the frightful than ignorance - that is, sleep. (29)
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